Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Simaroubaceae | Genus: Simarouba | Species:
Simarouba amara Aubl.
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Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Simarouba glauca DC., Quassia simaruba L.f., Zwingera amara (Aubl.) Willd. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Paradise-tree | Flower Type | Cyme |
| English / Trade Name | Paradise-tree | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Laxmi Taru | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 1000m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruits oval to oblong ovate drupes. |
| Habitat | Usually found in rainfed wastelands and occurs as an understorey shade tolerant tree, commonly growing under the canopy of large fruit trees where birds perch and deposit the seeds. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Native to Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, EI-Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puertorico, united states of America. Ornamental in other countries | Bark Details | It has finely cracked and grey colored outer bark while inner bark is creamy in color |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park | Origin | Exotic |
| Leaf Type | Compound | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Pinnate | ||
| Description of Species | Tree up to 9 m tall. Bark finely cracked and grey colored outer bark while inner bark is creamy in color. Leaves pinnately compound with 3-21 leaflets oblong and often notched or smooth at apex; alternate, even, bluish oily green. Inflorescence terminal panicle with ultimate branches producing dichasial cyme. Flowers bisexual inconspicuous, calyx green in color and dome shaped united with variable number of sepals; corolla single whorl creamy greenish or yellowish creamy in color. Fruits oval to oblong ovate drupes. | Leaf Details | Leaves pinnately compound with 3-21 leaflets oblong and often notched or smooth at apex; alternate, even, bluish oily green. |
