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Simaroubaceae

10 species · Plants

Plantae › Tracheophyta › Magnoliopsida › Sapindales › Simaroubaceae

Ailanthus altissima, or tree of heaven, is a fast-growing dioecious tree native to East Asia, now widespread globally as an often invasive species.

Castela emoryi, also called crucifixion thorn, is a mostly leafless desert shrub native to the southwestern US and northwestern Mexico.

Simarouba glauca is a flowering tree native to Florida, South America, and the Caribbean, with various cultivation and uses.

Ailanthus triphysa is an evergreen tree with a wide distribution across Asia and Australia, harvested for timber and medicinal resin.

Ailanthus excelsa is a large deciduous tree from India and Sri Lanka with medicinal and industrial uses.

Simarouba amara Aubl. is a Neotropical evergreen tree used in herbal medicine with documented antimicrobial and antimalarial properties.

Quassia amara L. is a neotropical understorey small tree/shrub used in food flavouring and traditional and modern medicine.

Samadera indica Gaertn. is an evergreen tree/shrub native to the Old World tropics, used for medicine, insecticide, and as an ornamental.

Brucea javanica is a bitter monoecious shrub or small tree native to South, East and Southeast Asia to Australia.

Eurycoma longifolia Jack is a medium shrub native to Southeast Asian lowland forests that is used in regional traditional medicine.

Related Families

Rutaceae 192 species Sapindaceae 133 species Anacardiaceae 89 species Meliaceae 40 species Burseraceae 19 species Nitrariaceae 3 species Tetradiclidaceae 2 species

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