What is "pride-of-india"

n. tree of northern India and China having purple blossoms and small inedible yellow fruits; naturalized in the southern United States as a shade tree [syn: chinaberry, chinaberry tree, China tree, Persian lilac, azederach, azedarach, Melia azederach, Melia azedarach]

native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers [syn: Queen's crape myrtle, Lagerstroemia speciosa]