Simarouba amara Aubl.
Simarouba amara Aubl.
Family: Simaroubaceae
Paradise tree
Local name (Kannada):
Habit: Tree
Distribution:
Native of Tropical America.
Use: Medicinal
Description:
Medium sized trees. Leaves alternate, odd pinnate, sometimes even pinnate; leaflets 5-7 pairs, alternate, oblong or obovate, obtuse to acute at apex, tapering to the base, coriaceous, glossy above, pale beneath. Calyx 1.2 mm long, 5-lobed to the middle, lobes ovate, acute. Petals greenish-yellow, 3.5 mm long, oblong, recurved. Disc villous. Stamens 10, alternate staminal filaments shorter. Fruit ovoid, 2.5- 3 cm long, with glossy purple; seed one.