Simarouba amara
Dysentery-Bark
Simarouba glauca
DC. Species
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- Botanical name
- Simarouba glauca
- Also known as
- Bitterwood, Dysentery-Bark, Paradise-Tree
- Family
- Simaroubaceae
- Genus
- Simarouba
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Dysentery-Bark
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Simarouba glauca but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Quassia glauca
Simarouba glauca subsp. latifolia
Simarouba glauca var. latifolia
Simarouba glauca var. typica
Simarouba medicinalis
Simarouba officinalis
Simarouba officinalis
Simarouba officinalis f. glabra
Others in Simarouba
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