Taxon: Simarouba amara Aubl.

Common names:

• bitterwood   (Source: CRC MedHerbs ed2 ) – English
  
• bois blanc   (Source: Trees Peru ) – French
  
• arubá   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• caixeta   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• marupá   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• marupá-verdadeiro   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• simaruba   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  
• maruba   (Source: F LAnt ) – Spanish
  
• marupa   (Source: Trees Peru ) – Spanish
  

Economic importance:

• Materials: fiber; wood   (fide Trees Peru; Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  

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Distributional range:

• SOUTHERN AMERICA
  Mesoamerica: Belize; Costa Rica; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Panama
  Caribbean: Antigua and Barbuda - Antigua; Barbados; Dominica; Grenada; Guadeloupe; Martinique; Montserrat; St. Kitts and Nevis - St. Kitts; St. Lucia; St. Vincent and Grenadines - St. Vincent
  Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
  Brazil: Brazil
  Western South America: Bolivia; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru

References:

• Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2)
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
• Brako, L. & J. L. Zarucchi. 1993. Catalogue of the flowering plants and gymnosperms of Peru. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 45. (L Peru)
• Dubs, B. 1998. Prodromus florae matogrossensis. Botany of Mato Grosso, series B, no. 3. (L Mato Grosso)
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
• Encarnación, F. 1983. Nomenclatura de las especies forestales comunes en el Perú. (Trees Peru)
• Gooding, E. G. et al. 1965. Flora of Barbados. (F Barbados)
• Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
• Howard, R. 1974–1989. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt)
• Jørgensen, P. M. & S. León-Yánez, eds. 1999. Catalogue of the vascular plants of Ecuador. Monogr. Syst. Bot. Missouri Bot. Gard. 75. (L Ecuador)
• Killeen, T. J. et al. 1993. Guia de arboles de Bolivia. (Trees Bolivia)
• Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
• Nooteboom, H. P. 1962. Generic delimitation in Simaroubaceae tribus Simaroubeae and a conspectus of the genus Quassia L. Blumea 11:525. [= Quassia simarouba L. f.].
• Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
• Steyermark, J. A. et al., eds. 1995–. Flora of the Venezuelan Guayana. (F VenGuay)
• Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)

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Synonyms:

• (=) Quassia simarouba L. f.
  

Check other databases for Simarouba amara Aubl.:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
  Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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