A medium-sized tree that grows up to 20 m high, with a trunk 50 to 80 cm in diameter. It produces bright green leaves 20 to 50 cm in length, small white flowers, and small red fruits.

Astringent, menstrual stimulant and an antiparasitic (leaves or bark).

Simarouba glauca
Tropical Plant Database
Laxmi Taru (Simarouba)

Glaucarubin, glaucarubinone (fruit); linoleic acid, oleic acid, palmitic acid, palmitoleic acid, stearic acid (seed)

For fevers, malaria, and dysentery, as a hemostatic agent to stop bleeding (bark); to wash skin sores and to treat dysentery, diarrhea, stomach and bowel disorders, hemorrhages and internal bleeding (bark or root).