A Meliaceae, or even a Family meliaceae, occurs as flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs (and two or three herbaceous plants) in the order Sapindales, characterised by replacement, unremarkably pinnate leaves forswearing stipules & by syncarpous, unremarkably epicene flowers borne within panicles, cymes, spikes, or even bunch. Several mintage come deciduous, either within the dry season or even in wintertime, however a select few come evergreen.

the personal includes astir Fifty genera & 550 mintage, using a pantropic distribution; of these genus (Toona) extends northerly into moderate China and south into southeast Australia, and an additional (Melia) about when far northerly.

Uses
Oil, laundry soap-making, insect powder, extremely prized wood (mahogany)

A few economically crucial mintage belong to this personal: Neem Azadirachta indica (India) Crabwood Tree Carapa procera (South America & Africa) Cedrela Cedrela odorata (Central & South America; timber likewise referred to as Spanish-cedar) Sapele Entandrophragma cylindricum (tropical Africa) Utile or Sipo, Entandrophragma utile (tropical Africa) Bossé Guarea cedrata (Africa) Bossé Guarea thompsonii (Africa) Ivory Coast Mahogany Khaya ivorensis (tropical Africa) Senegal Mahogany Khaya senegalensis (tropical Africa) Chinaberry or Bead Tree, Melia azedarach (Queensland, India and southern China) Honduras Mahogany Swietenia macrophylla (Central & South Us) West Indies Mahogany Swietenia mahagoni (Caribbean, including southern Florida) Australian Redcedar Toona australis (Australia), often involved inside Toona ciliata (seq.) Toon, surian (int. trade) Toona ciliata (India, southeast Asia and eastern Australia)

Genera
Aglaia *Anthocarapa Aphanamixis Astrotrichilia Azadirachta Cabralea Calodecarya Capuronianthus Carapa Cedrela Chisocheton Chukrasia Cipadessa Dysoxylum Ekebergia Entandrophragma Guarea Heckeldora Humbertioturraea Khaya Lansium Lepidotrichilia Lovoa Malleastrum Melia Munronia Naregamia Neobeguea Owenia Pseudobersama Pseudocarapa Pseudocedrela Pterorhachis Reinwardtiodendron Ruagea Sandoricum Schmardaea Soymida Sphaerosacme Swietenia Synoum Toona Trichilia Turraea Turraeanthus Vavaea Walsura Xylocarpus