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Simarouba glauca DC.

Simaroubaceae

SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, Greater Antilles) int SC Eurasia (India)

SC SE

E[D]

hel sci mes calc sili

dr (all parts, bark decoction or tea for diarrhea and fever, bark used as antipyretic, against dyspepsia, vomiting, nervousness and tropical fever, gastrointestinal disorders, leaves decoction applied as lotion for bruise and body pain, leaves for rheumatism, macerated bark decoction taken orally for fever, massage with crushed leaves for skin itch, pulverized leaves seed and bark boiled in sugar water taken orally for rheumatism) fd (fruits, cooking and baking oil from fruits and seeds) fr (flower for bees, fruits) fw (fuel) ma (aceituno fat is used for soap production, oil, pollen, seed fat for soap) pl (ornamental tree) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa (living fences, shade tree on coffee, cocoa and for cattle) ti (boxes, crates, fence posts, furniture, heels of shoes, house construction, household articles, light constructions, match manufacture, moulding, planks, plywood core, posts, sawntimber, shoe moulds, sports equipment, staves, sticks, substitute for pine for some musical instruments, toys, veneer, wall lining, wood chips and lumber, wood industries) tx (toxin in the residual cake of the oil extraction process)

Quassia glauca (DC.) Spreng. Quassia simarouba L.f. Simarouba amara Hayne Simarouba glauca var. latifolia Cronquist Simarouba medicinalis Endl. Simarouba officinalis DC. p.p. Simarouba officinalis Macfad. Simarouba officinalis f. glabra Krug & Urb. Simaruba glauca DC.

paradisetree simarouba; bitter ash (Puerto Rico); bitter damson (Jamaica); bitter-ash (Puerto Rico); bitterwood; dysentary bark (Belize); Florida-bitterwood; paradise-tree (Bahamas); princess tree (Puerto Rico, USA); simarouba (USA)

simarouba glauque; acajou blanc (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois amer (France, Haiti); bois blanc, bois frêne, bois négresse, d'olive, frêne (Haiti); quinquina d'Europe (France, Haiti); simarouba, simarouba amer

aceituna (Belize); aceituno (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); acetuno (Nicaragua); amargo (Venezuela); cavilan; chapascuapul (Guatemala); daguilla, daguillo (Dominican Republic); gavilán (Cuba); gusano; jocote de mico (Guatemala); Juan primero (Dominican Republic); jucumico (Guatemala); laguilla (Dominican Republic); marupa (Honduras); negrito (Belize); Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); olivio (Dominican Republic); olivo (Costa Rica, Panama); palo amargo (Dominican Republic); palo blanco (Cuba); pasac (Guatemala); pasaque; quassia amargo (Dominican Republic); rabo de largato blanco; roble macho, roblecillo, roblillo, simaruba (Cuba); talchocote (Nicaragua); zapatero (Guatemala)

bwa blan, bwa fwenn, bwa négès, doliv, fwenn, kenkena etranje (creole, Haiti); pa-sak (maya, Belize); pajul'té, pasa'ak; x-passak'-il, xpaxakil (Mexico); xpazakil (maya, Belize)

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Latin name	Simarouba glauca DC.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (Mexico to Panama, USA: Florida, Bahamas, Greater Antilles) int SC Eurasia (India)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	L
Foliage	E[D]
Ecology	hel sci mes calc sili
Use	dr (all parts, bark decoction or tea for diarrhea and fever, bark used as antipyretic, against dyspepsia, vomiting, nervousness and tropical fever, gastrointestinal disorders, leaves decoction applied as lotion for bruise and body pain, leaves for rheumatism, macerated bark decoction taken orally for fever, massage with crushed leaves for skin itch, pulverized leaves seed and bark boiled in sugar water taken orally for rheumatism) fd (fruits, cooking and baking oil from fruits and seeds) fr (flower for bees, fruits) fw (fuel) ma (aceituno fat is used for soap production, oil, pollen, seed fat for soap) pl (ornamental tree) pp (very good for paper pulp) sa (living fences, shade tree on coffee, cocoa and for cattle) ti (boxes, crates, fence posts, furniture, heels of shoes, house construction, household articles, light constructions, match manufacture, moulding, planks, plywood core, posts, sawntimber, shoe moulds, sports equipment, staves, sticks, substitute for pine for some musical instruments, toys, veneer, wall lining, wood chips and lumber, wood industries) tx (toxin in the residual cake of the oil extraction process)
Synonym	Quassia glauca (DC.) Spreng. Quassia simarouba L.f. Simarouba amara Hayne Simarouba glauca var. latifolia Cronquist Simarouba medicinalis Endl. Simarouba officinalis DC. p.p. Simarouba officinalis Macfad. Simarouba officinalis f. glabra Krug & Urb. Simaruba glauca DC.
English name	paradisetree simarouba; bitter ash (Puerto Rico); bitter damson (Jamaica); bitter-ash (Puerto Rico); bitterwood; dysentary bark (Belize); Florida-bitterwood; paradise-tree (Bahamas); princess tree (Puerto Rico, USA); simarouba (USA)
French name	simarouba glauque; acajou blanc (Guadeloupe, Martinique); bois amer (France, Haiti); bois blanc, bois frêne, bois négresse, d'olive, frêne (Haiti); quinquina d'Europe (France, Haiti); simarouba, simarouba amer
Spanish name	aceituna (Belize); aceituno (Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico); acetuno (Nicaragua); amargo (Venezuela); cavilan; chapascuapul (Guatemala); daguilla, daguillo (Dominican Republic); gavilán (Cuba); gusano; jocote de mico (Guatemala); Juan primero (Dominican Republic); jucumico (Guatemala); laguilla (Dominican Republic); marupa (Honduras); negrito (Belize); Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua); olivio (Dominican Republic); olivo (Costa Rica, Panama); palo amargo (Dominican Republic); palo blanco (Cuba); pasac (Guatemala); pasaque; quassia amargo (Dominican Republic); rabo de largato blanco; roble macho, roblecillo, roblillo, simaruba (Cuba); talchocote (Nicaragua); zapatero (Guatemala)
Other name	bwa blan, bwa fwenn, bwa négès, doliv, fwenn, kenkena etranje (creole, Haiti); pa-sak (maya, Belize); pajul'té, pasa'ak; x-passak'-il, xpaxakil (Mexico); xpazakil (maya, Belize)
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