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Samadera is a genus of four species of plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae in the order Sapindales. Its natural range is from eastern Africa through tropical Asia to northern and eastern Australia and the western Pacific.
It is native to the following regions as defined in the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions:
Some species such as Samadera indica are gathered from the wild and are used medicinally in local folk medicines and also used to produce insecticides. The wood of the tree is used locally for example in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia, where it is used for making knife-handles.
Samadera baileyana · Quassia · Samadera harmandiana · Samadera indica
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