In 1959 a German entomologist and his students became involved in neem research after witnessing a massive locust plague in the Sudan during which billions of locusts devoured the leaves of every tree except the neem.
इसके अलावा, इसकी दीमक - रोधी लकड़ी निर्माण काम और फर्नीचर बनाने में उपयोगी होती है ।