• Family : SIMAROUBACEAE
  (Quassia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : HINGOT FAMILY (हिंगोट फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : Simaroubaceae
• Synonym(s) : Ailanthus wightii Tiegh.; Pongelion excelsum (Roxb.) Pierre
• Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ailanthus excelsa Roxb.
• Common name : Indian Tree of Heaven, Coramandel ailanto
• Vernacular name :
  • Maharuk, Ghorneem (Hindi)
  • Heb'bevu (Kannada)
  • Perumaram, Peruppi (Tamil)
  • Pedda maanu (Telugu)
  • Mahanim, Mahal, Mahalimba (Oria)
  • Ghod-limb, Maharukh (Marathi)
  • Matti, Mattipongilyam, Peemaram, Perumaram, Pongiliam, Peruppi, Sali, Swaali (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Tropical dry deciduous forests
• Comments / notes : The aromatic and bitter bark and leaves are used medicinally and wood is used for light articles, such as drums, swords-sheaths and floats for fishing nets
• Key identification features : Bark light greyish-brown, fibrous or granular, rough. leaflets coarsely toothed , petals glabrous. Filaments shorter than the anthers. Samara twisted at the base
• Flower, Fruit : January-June
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : East Godavari district, Kurnool district, Visakhapatnam district
  • Karnataka : Bengaluru Urban district, Bengaluru Rural district, Belagavi district, Bidar district, Chitradurga district, Kalaburagi (Gulbarga) district, Kodagu (Coorg) district, Mysuru district, Tumakuru district
  • Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Pathanamthitta district
  • Maharashtra : All districts of Maharashtra
  • Odisha : Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Dharmapuri district, Kanyakumari district, Madurai district, Salem district, Tiruchirapalli district
  • Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
  • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
  • Himachal Pradesh : Himachal Pradesh
  • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
  • Assam : Assam
  • Nagaland : Nagaland
  • Delhi : Vasant Kunj (Delhi)
  • Haryana : Gurugram (Gurgaon) district
  • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
  • Punjab : Punjab
  • Rajasthan : Jaisalmer district, Barmer district, Bikaner district, Jodhpur district
  • Jammu and Kashmir : Jammu and Kashmir
  • Mizoram : Mizoram
  • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman Islands
  • Manipur : Manipur
  • Tripura : Tripura
• Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
• Exotic/Native : Native
• World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature :
  • Maheshwari K.J (1963). Flora of Delhi: 97
  • Parker R.N. (1973). A Forest Flora for the Punjab with Hazara & Delhi: 68
  • Duthie J.F.(1960). Flora of The Upper Gangetic Plain Vol.1: 136
  • Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1
  • J.L.Ellis, 1987- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 1
  • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1994- Flora of Orissa Vol. 1
  • R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District
  • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
  • Matthew, K.M., Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (1). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983
  • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
  • N.P. Sing & S. Karthikeyan 2000. Flora of Maharastra vol 1. Botanical survey of India, Govt. India
  • Saldanha, 1996
  • Ramaswamy & Razi, 1973 - Flora of Bangalore district, Karnataka state
  • Seetharam et al., 2000 - Gulbarga
  • Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore.
• Read more :
  • Plants of the World Online
  • World Flora Online
  • Global Plants on JSTOR
• Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ailanthus excelsa
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ailanthus excelsa. Downloaded on 23 January 2026.

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