Plant Details

Accepted name:: Simarouba glauca DC. [Simaroubaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aceituno	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bitterwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dysentery-bark	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palo blanco	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
paradise tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
paradise-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pasaque	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Quassia glauca (DC.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 319 (1825).
Simarouba glauca subsp. latifolia (Cronquist) A.Noa Revista Jard. Bot. Nac. Univ. Habana 43: 125 (2022).
Simarouba glauca var. latifolia Cronquist Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 231 (1944).
Simarouba glauca var. typica Cronquist Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 71: 231 (1944), not validly publ.
Simarouba medicinalis Endl. Med. Pfl. Österr. Pharm.: 528 (1842).
Simarouba officinalis DC. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 17: 423 (1811).
Simarouba officinalis Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 1: 198 (1837), nom. illeg.
Simarouba officinalis f. glabra Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 305 (1892).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Simarouba glauca D.C.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Simarouba glauca DC.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Simaruba glauca DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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