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Abstract
Melia azederach is a fast-growing, deciduous tree that can reach a height of around 45 meters in closed, moist forests, though it is much smaller in the cooler and drier regions in which it is sometimes grown and where is much more likely to be just 10 - 15 metres tall. The straight,
cylindrical bole can be free of branches for up to 20 metres, with no buttresses. The tree is
generally
A very important tree for local people, providing a wide range of medicinal applications; an insecticide and repellent; a useful timber and many other commodities. It is often cultivated in many parts of the tropics for these many useful qualities. It is planted for re-reforestation in its
deciduous,
but
some
forms
in
the
humid
tropics
are
evergreen.
native areas, where it is a fast growing though short-lived species. It is often planted as a street tree and ornamental, though it has the disadvantage of dropping a lot of leaf-litterDuringthe
present investigation efforts have been made to evaluate standard protocol for induction of callus in Melia azederach. Explants were taken from elite plant and aseptically inoculated on MS