: a large tropical Asian tree (Azadirachta indica) of the mahogany family having a bitter bark used as a tonic and leaves and seeds that have insecticidal and antiseptic properties and yield a medicinal aromatic oil
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Try neem oil or insecticidal soap if other methods aren’t helping, says Khan.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Instead, these women are using what’s already in their ecosystems, making vermicompost to hold moisture and crushing neem leaves into a natural pesticide.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Botanical alternatives such as neem and pyrethrins in canola oil provide three to four days of deterrence.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
The homes had gardens filled with all manner of trees—papaya, mango, almond, rubber, jackfruit, and my beloved neem, which also grew outside my grandparents’ home in my ancestral village.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 July 2025
Instead, these women are using what’s already in their ecosystems, making vermicompost to hold moisture and crushing neem leaves into a natural pesticide.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Botanical alternatives such as neem and pyrethrins in canola oil provide three to four days of deterrence.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 7 May 2025
The homes had gardens filled with all manner of trees—papaya, mango, almond, rubber, jackfruit, and my beloved neem, which also grew outside my grandparents’ home in my ancestral village.
—Amitava Kumar, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025
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“Neem.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/neem. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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