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North America distribution zone

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Ecology

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Simarouba amara Aubl.

Simaroubaceae

SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia?

L[G]

E[D]

hel hyg->mes

dr (bark and roots: medicine, disentery, febrifuge, fortifying, paludism, regulation of digestion, tonic) fr (fruits: birds, insects) fw ma (liquor preparation) pl (wood production) pp ti (boxes, cabinet work, crates, fiber board, furniture components, heels of shoes, interior construction, light construction, matches, moulding, musical instruments, particleboards, pine substitute in USA, plywood, sawn timber, sports equipment, sticks, toys, veneer)

Quassia simarouba L.f. Simarouba amara var. typica Cronquist Simarouba officinalis DC. non Macfad. Simaruba amara Aubl. Zwingera amara (Aubl.) Willd.

Orinoco simarouba; bitter ash, bitterwood, board wood, maruba, tomtar, white deal, white plum (Lesser Antilles)

simarouba blanc; acajou (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique); acajou blanc (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); acaju blanc (French Guiana); acayoa blanc; bois blanc (French Guiana, Lesser Antilles); bois de cajú, simarupa, simarupe (French Guiana)

aceituna (Costa Rica); aceituno (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); acetuno (Nicaragua); amargo (Colombia); amargo negro, amaro (Bolivia); arenillo blanco; carruco (Guyana, Venezuela); cedrillo (Colombia); cedro blanco (Venezuela); chiriguaná, chuña-chuña (Bolivia); cuña (Ecuador); daquillo (Dominican Republic); gavilán (Cuba); lucumo (Bolivia); marouba (Tobago, Trinidad); maruba (Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent); marupa (Colombia, Dominica, French Guiana, Honduras, Peru, St. Lucia, Venezuela); negrito (Honduras); palo blanco, palo períco, papelillo (Colombia); pasa-ar (Mexico); simarouba (Guyana); simaruba (Honduras, Venezuela); tara

caixeta, caíxeta, craíba (Brazil); duapaikai (huitoto); malacacheta, maruba, marupa, marupá, marupá-verdadeiro, marupaúba, papariúba, paraíba, parapaiba, praíba (Brazil); soemaroeba, soemaroepa (Suriname); soemarouba (Brazil); tamanqueira (portuguese, Brazil); tamaqueira (Brazil); urgub (kuna, Panama)

acajou blanc, marupa, simarouba

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Latin name	Simarouba amara Aubl.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Central America, West Indies) South America (tropics) int SC Eurasia?
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L[G]
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel hyg->mes
Use	dr (bark and roots: medicine, disentery, febrifuge, fortifying, paludism, regulation of digestion, tonic) fr (fruits: birds, insects) fw ma (liquor preparation) pl (wood production) pp ti (boxes, cabinet work, crates, fiber board, furniture components, heels of shoes, interior construction, light construction, matches, moulding, musical instruments, particleboards, pine substitute in USA, plywood, sawn timber, sports equipment, sticks, toys, veneer)
Synonym	Quassia simarouba L.f. Simarouba amara var. typica Cronquist Simarouba officinalis DC. non Macfad. Simaruba amara Aubl. Zwingera amara (Aubl.) Willd.
English name	Orinoco simarouba; bitter ash, bitterwood, board wood, maruba, tomtar, white deal, white plum (Lesser Antilles)
French name	simarouba blanc; acajou (French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique); acajou blanc (French Guiana, Guadeloupe); acaju blanc (French Guiana); acayoa blanc; bois blanc (French Guiana, Lesser Antilles); bois de cajú, simarupa, simarupe (French Guiana)
Spanish name	aceituna (Costa Rica); aceituno (Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama); acetuno (Nicaragua); amargo (Colombia); amargo negro, amaro (Bolivia); arenillo blanco; carruco (Guyana, Venezuela); cedrillo (Colombia); cedro blanco (Venezuela); chiriguaná, chuña-chuña (Bolivia); cuña (Ecuador); daquillo (Dominican Republic); gavilán (Cuba); lucumo (Bolivia); marouba (Tobago, Trinidad); maruba (Dominica, St. Lucia, St. Vincent); marupa (Colombia, Dominica, French Guiana, Honduras, Peru, St. Lucia, Venezuela); negrito (Honduras); palo blanco, palo períco, papelillo (Colombia); pasa-ar (Mexico); simarouba (Guyana); simaruba (Honduras, Venezuela); tara
Other name	caixeta, caíxeta, craíba (Brazil); duapaikai (huitoto); malacacheta, maruba, marupa, marupá, marupá-verdadeiro, marupaúba, papariúba, paraíba, parapaiba, praíba (Brazil); soemaroeba, soemaroepa (Suriname); soemarouba (Brazil); tamanqueira (portuguese, Brazil); tamaqueira (Brazil); urgub (kuna, Panama)
Trade name	acajou blanc, marupa, simarouba