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                                       Neem : A Great Boon to Mankind
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                                                                                                            Md. Wasim Aktar1* and Dwaipayan Sengupta2
                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                    1Pesticide Residue Laboratory, Deptt. of Agril.                 
                                                                                                                                     Chemicals, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur,
                                                                                                                                     Nadia, West Bengal, India.

                                                                                                                                  2 Department of Agricultural Chemistry and Soil Science,
                                                                                                                                     Institute of Agricultural Science, University of Calcutta, Kolkata,
                                                                                                                                     West Bengal, India.




The Latin name of Neem is Azadirachta indica to Juss (syn: Melia indica Brandis, Melia  azdirachta Linn & Melia parviflora Moon ) and the
species belongs to the family Meliaceae. Well known since ancient times in the Indian subcontinent, neem has several common names in
different languages.

                      Language                                                        Name

                     Assamese                                                           Nim
                        Bengali                                                              Nim
                        English                                              Neem, Margosa tree, Indian lilac
                        Hindi                                                          Nim, Nimb
                     Sanskrit                                                   Arishta, Nimb,
                       Urdia                                                                 Neem
                      French                                            Azadirach de l’Inde, Margosier
                     German                                               Grossblacttiger zedrach   






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                                                                                                                                                                     *Corresponding author: - Md. Wasim Aktar;
                                                                                                                                                                      E-mail ID:- wasim04101981@yahoo.co.in
Beneficial plants of nature: Neem