Data from: De novo sequencing and assembly of Azadirachta indica fruit transcriptome

Azadirachta indica (neem) is a unique, versatile and important tree
species. Many parts of the plant are traditionally used as pesticide,
insecticide, fungicide and for other medicinal purposes. Azadirachta
fruits and seeds, a good source of oil, are widely used for agriculturally
important pest management. Neem oil and its derivatives also support
multiple cottage industries in India. Past efforts have been mostly
concentrated towards identifying, characterizing and synthesizing one of
its principal components, i.e. azadirachtin from seed kernels. Despite
diverse use of the neem plant, a modern drug-development programme which
systematically exploits the therapeutic ability of Azadirachta fruits
remains to be fully established. Next generation sequencing technology
that helps decode genomes and transcriptomes has transformational impact
on medicine, agriculture, bio-fuel and biodiversity studies. Here, we
report sequencing, assembly and analysis of Azadirachta fruit
transcriptome using next-generation sequencing technology. We believe that
our study shall offer valuable insights towards realizing the larger
vision of understanding the key medicinally active compounds and their
pathways.