What is "bead tree"

Margosa \Mar*go"sa\, n. [Pg. amargoso bitter.] (Bot.) A large tree of the genus Melia ( Melia Azadirachta) found in India. Its bark is bitter, and used as a tonic. A valuable oil is expressed from its seeds, and a tenacious gum exudes from its trunk. The Melia Azedarach is a much more showy tree, and is cultivated in the Southern United States, where it is known as Pride of India, Pride of China, or bead tree. Various parts of the tree are considered anthelmintic.

The margosa oil . . . is a most valuable balsam for wounds, having a peculiar smell which prevents the attacks of flies.
--Sir S. Baker.

n. ''Melia azedarach'', a deciduous or semi-evergreen tree with poisonous fruit, native to India, Southeast Asia, and northern Australia.

n. small tree of West Indies and northeastern Venezuela having large oblong slender-pointed leaflets and panicles of purple flowers; seeds are black or scarlet with black spots [syn: jumby bean, jumby tree, Ormosia monosperma]

Bead tree is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

• Adenanthera
• Melia azedarach