Botanic Garden >> Gardening > >> Question and Answer >> Plant Species >> Trees

Identifying Chinaberry: A Toxic, Invasive Tree

That Mysterious Berry/Nut Tree Is Chinaberry

The tree with soft berries containing hard nuts, mushy when wet, ignored by squirrels, is Chinaberry (Melia azedarach). Berries are toxic—dogs eating them can become seriously ill. It's invasive in Georgia, spread by birds. Remove it, especially with pets. Resources: Wikipedia, VT Dendrology, Texas A&M toxic plants database.

Trees: Mulberry White Powder: Powdery Mildew—Neem Oil Treatment; Leaf Galls on Unknown Ohio Tree: Harmless Insect Nurseries; Identifying a Volunteer Oak Seedling in Your Garden; Unknown Backyard Tree: Cherry Species, Need Flowers/Fruit for ID; Identifying the Buckeye Tree: Nuts, Leaves, and Key Characteristics; Chinaberry Branch Drop: Normal or Concern?; Identifying a Volunteer Mulberry in Minnesota; Identifying a Mystery Hickory Tree in Wisconsin; Why a Dahoon Holly Has No Berries: The Male/Female Requirement; Identifying a Nightshade Volunteer with Purple Berries in Washington

Garden Articles

Hazelnut Tree Not Producing Nuts? You Likely Need a Pollinator Partner

Identifying That Mystery Tree: Likely a Flowering Crabapple

Identifying a Tree with Four-Sided Fruit and Orange Seeds in Indiana

Identifying a Prunus Tree in Oklahoma: Peach, Plum, Apricot, or Apple?

Berries for the Landscape: Beauty, Flavor, and Wildlife Appeal

Juneberry (Serviceberry) Tree: Growing, Varieties & Uses

Allspice Tree (Pimenta dioica): Growing the "Three Spices in One"

Plants

Preventing Hickory Nut Production: Chemical Options and Realities

Walnut Toxicity: Redbud Death, Beech Survival List

Neighbor's Invasive Berry Bush on Fence Line

Identifying a Berry Tree in Houston: Small Purplish Sweet Fruit

Juniper Berries: Edible Uses, Safety, and Culinary Applications

Apple Tree Suckers: Are They True to Type or Rootstock?

Beautyberry (Callicarpa) Misidentified as Mulberry