The Neem tree is a very common tree. It’s grown in a tropical or semi tropical parts of the world.These ones are located in my locality here in Ghana (West Africa)where I reside and work. In my native tongue" Yoruba" it is called éwé dongoyaro
It has varieties of uses which I will endeavour to mention a few:
Of course it’s serves as a shade or shield from the scorching west african sun. It’s a lovely cool spot to relax for a drink or even for a friendly chat. Folks atimes play games under the shade of trees like this.
The leaves of the Neem tree is well known for its potent medicinal benefits. Boiling its bark in ordinary water does cure and prevent different kinds of diseases and sicknesses like: malaria high fever stomach disorder etc. Talking about strengthening your body immunity especially at this season this is one of the receipe for it. Of course its bitter but a few drops of honey does not reduce its potency.
The leaves either squeezed or boiled are great to help heal sores and dandruff and various skin diseases.
It also keeps away mosquitoes in the locality which is a major task.
We also have the Neem oil as well.
Before I post it on, trees in general also helps to prevent desertification.
contribution of the #Monthlytopic of August 2020 which theme is Atree in your locality. This is a tree in my locality and I hope it serves the purpose intended in the monthlytopic. Thanks for initiating the topic.
Thank you for posting about the regional tree. It is great that various medicinal trees help people. Of particular interest is the effect of keeping mosquitoes away. Does neem oil have a strong scent?
@SholaIB thank you for sharing this. I just shared in my article about edible plants. We eat both flowers and young leaves of neem trees. The young leaves are very bitter but elder people love it. We eat them fresh, making salad with other veggies, boil it as side vegetables to eat with other dishes.
Neem tree as we call it in hausa “maina or Darbebejiya” is present in almost all homes in the northern part of Nigeria where I come from. It is indeed of highly medical impact.
To add to what you mentioned we use smaller branches as tooth brush (chewing stick) it gives you fresh breath and keep your gums healthy.
The neem oil is used by women as hair oil which makes hair soft and silky.
@Sagir you are warmly welcome. Please visit my newest post about edible plants. In a long list, you will see it and some dishes prepare specially from Neem leaves and flowers.
Hi, @SholaIB
It’s definitely an interesting tree. Actually neem is renowned for good skincare oil in Japan too. But I had never seen the neem tree itself. Thank you for sharing and joining!
Hello @Sagir no doubt it’s one of the important medical trees on our INDIA.We used it’s Branches as tooth Brush gives better breath and bacteria free mouth.I have used this.In our locality now a days also maximum people used it for fresher breath as well as for better gum…
@HiroyukiTakisawa San, the flower season is Mar or April, if you here you can even try eating the salad from its leaves and flowers. I’m sure you will love it.
Due to my severe ligament injury, I could sit before my laptop and saw this nice post lately. Neem tree is also available in Bangladesh and used for medicinal purpose. our government also encouraged people to plant the need tree at their home. I took the photo of the below neem tree just now at the roof garden of my neighbor. Government encouragement is working to plant more neem tree. Thanks for this nice post.
Hello @HiroyukiTakisawa You are welcome . Am delighted to hear from you thanks for replying. I contributed to last month’s topic as well religious buildings it was,but maybe I didn’t tag you or something and you’ didn’t see it.
Thanks for the addition to my Neem tree post. It’s well appreciated. Yes I know once you see my post you are always interested and you do respond well. Thank you.
Am delighted to hear from you and thank ou for the reply and addition. Yes it’s used for so many purposes because of its very bitter taste we really didn’t like it so much when we were kid .
Hi @Sophia_Cambodia this is a very interesting contribution to this post of mine thank you. I love your pics and dish. As a result of it’s not very sweet taste we tend to shy away from it especially when we were kids .
Of particular interest is the effect of keeping mosquitoes away. Does neem oil have a strong scent?
but highly medicinal as we have all said. 
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