Move your mouse over image to enlarge. Barcode: CAL0000013481 Family: SIMAROUBACEAE Scientific Name: Brucea javanica (L.) Merr. Uses: Fruits are used for diarrhoea and dysentery, also found useful against malignant malaria. Poultice of leaves applied in skin troubles. Roots used in bowel complaints. Seeds contain brucein A,B,C,D,E and G; bruceoside A and B; kosamine; yatanoside; alkaloids brucamarine and yatanine; and other compounds. Bruceoside-A and -B are potent antileukaemic glucosides; brucein-D showed significant activity against Walker 256 carcinosarcoma in rats; and yatancin
