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Myanmar Name –  Se – Thabye

Common Name – paradise-tree, dysentery-bark, bitterwood

Botanical Name – SimaroubaglaucaDC.

Family Name – Simaroubaceae

Habitat – Native : Bahamas, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, United States of AmericaExotic : India, Sri Lanka.

Habit – It is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree with a straight cylindrical bole,  a circular crown (canopy) and shallow root system; up to 40 ft. height and a stem diameter of 40-50 cm, often with a clear, cylindrical bole to 9 m. The crown is narrow, with a width averaging 4-6 m, and a crown width-to-dbh ratio of 22:25. Crown shape is round, upright and density is moderate .

Bark – Outer bark is finely cracked, grey

Leaves – Leaves;  alternate, pinnately compound, leaflets 10 to 20, oblong; bluish green above, lighter below, margin entire, often notched at apex.

Inflorescence – Inflorescence a panicle (dichasial cyme), terminal.

Flower – Wide range of variations are observed in floral characteristics such as male, female and andro-monoecious forms  — having hermaphrodite flowers on several branches of the same tree; and therefore considered as polygamo-dioecious. Flowers inconspicuous; Calyx: sepals 5 free, green; Corolla: petals 5, free yellowish-white, overlapping; Male flowers with gynophores but without ovaries, stamens10; Female flowers with non-functional stamens; ovary 5 loculed, each with a single ovule. Occasionally perfect flowers are produced on staminate or carpellate trees.

Fruit – Fruit: drupe, in groups of 2-5, oval to oblong ovate

Seed – Seeds: up to  2 cm. Two varieties are recognised: Gauri (greenish white)  and  Kaali (violet) .

Flowering and Fruiting Time – Flowering begins during December and continues till February end; Fruits April/ May.

Usage – The seeds of the plant are a source of biodiesel, while its oil is used in cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, soap production, and as a colored sesame oil. The wood is resistant to insects, making it suitable for furniture and paper pulp.