Characteristics
Dicots
Simarouba glauca DC.
PARADISETREE
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“Simarouba amara has long been confused with S. glauca, but the two are amply distinct” (Cronquist 1944: 230). Simarouba glauca has the secondary veins as distinct dark lines abaxially, longer and brighter yellow petals often with red or orange, longer anthers, and is generally a small tree of open, drier forest.
Native
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Classification
Citation
SIMAROUBA GLAUCA de Candolle, Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 17: 424. 1811.
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CUBA: Near Havana, s.d., Humboldt & Bonpland s.n. (holotype: P?).
Species Distribution Map
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