Neem Tree

I have planted Neem tree outside my garden 5 years ago! I'm not sure on why it never grow well. As far as I know they are very easy to grow and drought tolerant! But here, i pour water, do weeding and put fertilizer....however the outcome is the same......

Finally I give up on the tree. I get another little plant. currently it's growing in the pot. I will transfer them once it's big enough!

Neem is well known for it's medical benefits! It's called medical plant in India!

Neem tree update

Neem or commonly known as Veppalai in tamil is important tree in Ayurvedic medicine. We use it very often in Indian normal remedies.

Uses ( from Wikipedia)

All parts of the tree are said to have medicinal properties (seeds, leaves, flowers and bark) and are used for preparing many different medical preparations.



The chemical constituents nimbidin and nimbin have some spermicidal activity


Neem oil is used for preparing cosmetics (soap, neem shampoo, balms and creams such as Margo soap) and many oral health products.


Besides its use in traditional Indian medicine, the neem tree is of great importance for its anti-desertification properties and possibly as a good carbon dioxide sink.
 Practitioners of traditional Indian medicine recommend that patients with chicken pox sleep on neem leaves.


Neem gum is used as a bulking agent and for the preparation of special purpose food.


Traditionally, slender neem branches have been chewed to clean one's teeth. Neem twigs are still collected and sold in markets for this use, and in India one often sees youngsters in the streets chewing on neem twigs.


Neem blossoms are used in Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka to prepare Ugadi pachhadi. "Bevina hoovina gojju" (a type of curry prepared with neem blossoms) is common in Karnataka throughout the year. Dried blossoms are used when fresh blossoms are not available. In Tamilnadu, a rasam (veppam poo rasam) made with neem blossoms is a culinary specialty.


A mixture of neem flowers and bella (jaggery or unrefined brown sugar) is prepared and offered to friends and relatives, symbolic of sweet and bitter events in the upcoming new year.


Extract of neem leaves is thought to be helpful as malaria prophylaxis despite the fact that no comprehensive clinical studies are yet available. In several cases, private initiatives in Senegal were successful in preventing malaria