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Lokalita

• Native to India and the Indian subcontinent including
• Nepal,
• Pakistan,
• Bangladesh
• Sri Lanka
• Typically grown in tropical and semi-tropical regions
• Now also grow in islands located in the southern part of Iran [1]
• Found all over in Malaysia
• Mainly in Kedah, Penang, Langkawi and Perlis [2]
• Widely in Sungai Petani, Kedah [2]
• Introduced in Pan Zhi Hua, Sichuan province, China
• Over 400 000 neems in Yunnan province
• Biggest artificial area of neem planting globally
• Raw material center of neem products in China [2]
• 1995, the researcher of Chinese Academy of Forestry
• Introduced the neem in India
• To the hot river valley areas in Yunnan
• Neem grows well there [2]
• 1997 research group has introduced the neem from South Asia, Southeast Asia and Africa to China
• 1998 industrial neem planting was started out in China
• Yunnan has had the largest area of neem plantation
• Chinese Academy of Forestry plays an important role in cultivating technology of neem [2]

• Today, neem plays a major role in the
• Rural industry of India
• Projects for the commercial use of neem
• Successfully introduced in the places like Kenya [2]

• People managed to introduce this Indian tree to West Africa
• Source of shade
• Medicinal especially for malaria
• In Ghana, it has become the leading producer of firewood for the densely populated Accra Plains
• Somalia to Mauritania
• Leading candidate for helping halt the southward spread of the Sahara Desert [2]
• Extensively popular tree in Nigeria
• Senegal Neem Foundation (SNF)
• By Dr. D. D. Faye
• Crucial part of Africa Bound Corporation
• Africa considers neem as a green gold
• Neem tree is known as the “Independence Tree”[2 ]
• World's largest neem plantations
• 10 sq km in the plains of Arafat, Saudi Arabia
• A Saudi philanthropist planted 50 000 neem trees
• To shade and comforts the two million pilgrims[2]
• Neem has been introduced into the Caribbean
• Being used to help reforest several nations
• Already a major tree species in Haiti [2]

Půda

• Can grow in many different types of soil
• Best on well drained deep and sandy soils [1]

Teploty

• Typical tropical to subtropical tree
• At annual mean temperatures of 21–32 °C (70–90 °F)
• Can tolerate high to very high temperatures
• Does not tolerate temperature below 4 °C (39 °F)
• One of a very few shade-giving trees that thrive in drought-prone areas e.g. the
• Dry coastal
• Southern districts of India and Pakistan [1]
• Thrives in areas of extreme heat up to 120 degrees

Věk

• Estimated that a neem tree has a productive life span of 150 - 200 years
• Estimated that there are around 18 millions neem trees in India [2]

Vlhkost - voda

• Drought resistance
• In areas with sub-arid to sub-humid conditions
• Annual rainfall of 400–1,200 millimetres (16–47 in)
• Can grow in regions with an annual rainfall below 400 mm [1]
• Grow where rainfall is only 18 inches per year [2]
• Depends largely on ground water levels
• Thrive on the merest trickle of water, whatever the quality
• Common to see neem trees used for shade
• Lining streets,
• Around temples,
• Schools and other such public buildings
• In most people's back yards
• In very dry areas the trees are planted on large tracts of land [1]