Vol 6 The Free Tree of India
One of two species in the Azadirachta, Neem (A. indica) is native to India and Asia, and now grown and sometimes naturalized in many other areas of the world. The name of the genus is derived from a word meaning ‘the free tree of India’, referring to its natural lack of pest and disease problems.
The United Nations has named Neem the “Tree of the 21st century”, and in 1992 the US National Academy of Science published a report entitled “Neem: a tree for solving global problems”.