The Illustrated Dictionary of Gardening

Every genus a Victorian gardener could grow — Abelia to Zygopetalum across four volumes, with each plant's history, species, and culture, by the Curator of Kew.

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Simaruba-bark

For culture, see Quassia (to which the genus is allied). S. amara (bitter). Bitter or Mountain Damson; Stavewood. fl. yellowish-white; petals spreading; panicle exceeded by leaves. May. l. oblong or lanceolate-oblong, mucronate, with a bluntish point, green on both sides; leaflets quite glabrous or pubescent beneath. h. (under cultivation) 10ft. West Indies, &c., 1789. (B. M. Pl. 56.) SYN. S. officinalis. S. officinalis (officinal). A synonym of S. amara.

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