Barcode: CAL0000013486

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Family: SIMAROUBACEAE

Scientific Name: Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle

Collector: G. Me Curthy

Country: India

Uses: Bark is antispasmodic and parasiticidal, used as a powerful depressing influence on the nervous system similar to that of tobacco. Used in diarrhoea and dysentery; contain tannin 11%. Root bark may be recommended for cardiac troubles, epilepsy and asthma.