Melia azedarach is often confused with Azadirachta indica in the indian sub-continent. The medicinal utility of A. indica attracts a lot of the common people and in abscence of it, people tend to use M. azedarach.
I have found online that Melia azedarach is highly toxic for consumption. I want expert opinion from my scientific peers and thoughts on it.
Md. Abdur Rahman
Yes!
Melia azedarach is highly toxic to humans and other animals. The whole plant is toxic and eating even several berries can result in death. Meliatoxins are an active compound found in M. azedarach, and are responsible for its toxicity. However, mature berries are more toxic than young ones. A single dose of green leaves around 30 g/kg body weight and fruit 5 g/kg body weight is lethal for cattle and death within 17–48 h after ingestion, while the oral lethal dose (LD50) of meliatoxin in pigs is 6.4 mg/kg body weight.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9229149/
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