Barcode: CAL0000013484

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Family: SIMAROUBACEAE

Scientific Name: Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.

Collector: R.N. Banerjee

Country: India

Uses: Bark is anthelmintic, antispasmodic, expectorant and febrifuge, used for asthma and bronchitis, dysentery. It is said to be a good substitute for kurchi bark (Holarrhenci antidysenterica Wall.), contains several quassinoids. Root barks yield alkaloids.