Simaroubaceae FAMILY

Samadera indica

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark is toxic with a bitter principle similar to quassin[ 360 Title Philippine Medicinal Plants Publication Author Website http://www.stuartxchange.org/CompleteList.html Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A lovely site, giving brief details on the medicinal uses of several hundred (over 400 at the last count) plants in the Philippines, plus a picture of each plant. ].

Botanical Description

Samadera indica is an evergreen shrub or tree growing up to 20 metres tall[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]. The bole is up to 39cm in diameter[ 359 Title Trees of Sungai Wain Publication Author Website http://www.nationaalherbarium.nl/Sungaiwain/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description An excellent site with factsheets on almost 1,000 species of forest trees growing at Sungai Wain in Indonesia. Each factsheet has good quality pictures plus basic information on the ecology and uses of the plants. ]. The tree is gathered from the wild to treat a range of medical conditions. It is also used locally as an insecticide.

Habitat & Origin

Origintropical

Native RangeAfrica - Madagascar, through the Indian Ocean to the Indian subcontinent, Myanmar, through southeast Asia to Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.

HabitatEvergreen forests[ 240 Title Glossary of Indian Medicinal Plants (Including the Supplement). Publication Author Chopra. R. N., Nayar. S. L. and Chopra. I. C. Publisher Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi. Year 1986 ISBN - Description Very terse details of medicinal uses of plants with a wide range of references and details of research into the plants chemistry. Not for the casual reader. ]. Usually rather rare, but locally common, in tidal swamp forest or periodically inundated forest. In lowland mixed dipterocarp forest it is usually found at elevations below 150 metres[ 310 Title Plant Resources of Southeast Asia Publication Author Website http://proseanet.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description Lots of information on the uses of the plants of SE Asia. ]