Samadera indica

Samadera indica
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Simaroubaceae
Genus:	Samadera
Species:	S. indica
Binomial name
Samadera indica Gaertn.
Synonyms[1]
List Locandi glandulifera (C.Presl) Pierre in Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 262 (1892) Locandi indica (Gaertn.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 104 (1891) Locandi lucida (Wall.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 104 (1891) Locandi madagascariensis (A.Juss.) Kuntze in Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 104 (1891) Locandi mekongensis Pierre in Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 263 (1892) Locandi merguensis Pierre in Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 262 (1892) Locandi pendula (Blanco) Pierre in Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 262 (1892) Manungala pendula Blanco in Fl. Filip.: 306 (1837) Niota commersonii Pers. in Syn. Pl. 1: 416 (1805) Niota lamarkiana Blume in Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 251 (1825), nom. superfl. Niota lucida Wall. in Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: t. 168 (1831) Niota pendula Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 25: [s.p.] (1819), nom. superfl. Niota pentapetala Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 490 (1798) Niota tetrapetala Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 490 (1798) Quassia indica (Gaertn.) Noot. in Blumea 11: 517 (1963) Quassia indica var. lucida (Wall.) Blatt. in Kirtikar & Basu, Ind. Med. Pl. 1: 509 (1935) Quassia indica var. papuava Lauterb. in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 56: 342 (1920) Samadera brevipetala Scheff. in Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 32: 410 (1871) Samadera glandulifera C.Presl in Symb. Bot. (Pragae) 2: 1 (1834) Samadera indica var. brevipetala (Scheff.) Backer in Fl. Batavia: 258 (1907) Samadera indica var. lucida (Wall.) Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 44: 136 (1876) Samadera lucida (Wall.) Voigt in Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 182 (1845) Samadera madagascariensis A.Juss. in Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 516 (1825) Samadera mekongensis (Pierre) Engl. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 210 (1896) Samadera pentapetala (Poir.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 811 (1831) Samadera tetrapetala (Poir.) G.Don in Gen. Hist. 1: 811 (1831) Simaba indica (Gaertn.) Baill. in Hist. Pl. 4: 440 (1873) Vitmannia elliptica Vahl in Symb. Bot. 3: 51 (1794) Vitmannia lucida (Wall.) Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 779 (1841)

Samadera indica (syn. Quassia indica), the bitter wood or Niepa bark tree, is a species of plant in the family Simaroubaceae. It is a shrub or tree and grows primarily in wet tropical regions, from west Africa, through India, then down through Indonesia to Malesia.

It is used in folklore medicine in various Asian countries as well to treat various ailments such as malaria, fevers, rheumatism, bruises, skin conditions and others conditions. The leaves are used as insecticides against termites, and the wood is used for knife handles.