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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Simarouba glauca DC.
Bitterwood, Dysentery bark, Paradise-tree

Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo

Family: Simaroubaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Tree

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Native Range: The West Indies (Bahamas, Greater Antilles), peninsular Florida, Mexico and Central America.

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Comments: For information and images from Eleuthera, visit the Leon Levy Native Plant Preserve website. Also visit IRC's Natives For Your Neighborhood website for horticultural information about this species in South Florida.

Synonyms: Plants in the Bahamas and Florida are variety latifolia.

Other data on Simarouba glauca available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Simarouba glauca has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

All Images:

Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: George D. Gann, 2012
In habitat, Everglades National Park, Florida
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: Keith A. Bradley
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: George D. Gann
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: James Johnson, 2014
In habitat, John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park,
Monroe County, Florida
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: Melissa E. Abdo
Simarouba glauca
Copyright by: Roger L. Hammer