Simarouba
(the Carib name of S. amara). Frequently spelt Simaruba. Bitter-wood. ORD. Simarubeae. A small genus (three species) of stove, evergreen trees, natives of Eastern tropical America. Flowers sub-cymose, in axillary and terminal, elongated, branched panicles; calyx small, five-lobed; petals five, spreading at the tips, imbricated. Leaves alternate, abruptly pinnate; leaflets alternate, entire, coriaceous. Probably, the only species grown in this country is S. amara, which yields the drug known as