Simarouba
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Authority
Britton, Nathaniel L. & Millspaugh, Charles F. 1920. The Bahama Flora.
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Family
Simaroubaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Description - Shrubs or trees, usually with bitter bark, the leaves alternate, pinnate, the leaflets entire, the small, terminal or axillary panicled flowers monoecious or dioecious. Sepals 4-6, partly united. Petals 4-6, much longer than the calyx. Stamens 8-12, often represented by dilated staminodia in the pistillate flowers; filaments subulate, appendaged at the base; anthers narrow. Ovary sessile, usually 5-eelled; carpels distinct. Fruit drupaceous. [Guiana name.] About 5 species of tropical and subtropical America. Type species: Simarouba amara Aubl.