TAXONOMY 



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Official drug Part used 



Xanthoxylum Bark 



Oleum Bergamottae Volatile oil 



N.F. 



Oleum Aurantii Volatile oil 



Florum N.F. 



Succus Citri N.F. Juice 



Xanthoxyli 

 Fnictus N.F. 



Capsules 



Unofficial 



Ruta Leaves 



Ptelea Bark of root 



Belae Fructus Unripe fruit 



Botanical origin 



Xanthoxylum 

 americanum 

 Xanthoxylum 

 Clava-Herculis 



Citrus Aurantium 

 Bergamia 



Citrus Aurantium 



Habitat 



Northern United 



States 

 Southern United 



States 

 France, Italy 



Northern India 



Citrus medica acida Asia 

 Xanthoxylum Northern 



americanum United States 



Xanthoxylum Southern 



Clava-Herculis United States 



Ruta graveolens 

 Ptelea trifoliata 

 JEgle Marmelos 



Southern Etirope 

 North America 

 Malabar, 

 Coromandel 



Simarubacecz or Ailanthus Family. A family of chiefly tropical 

 shrubs or trees containing bitter principles. The leaves are alter- 

 nate and pinnate. The flowers are dioecious or polygamous and 

 arranged in axillary panicles (Picrasma excels a) or racemes (Quassia 

 amara). The plants are distinguished from those of the Rutacea 

 by the absence of secretory cavities. 



Official drug 



Quassia 

 , Unofficial 

 Simaruba 



Part used 



Wood 



Bark of root 



Botanical origin 



Picrasma excelsa 

 Quassia amara 



Habitat 



West Indies 

 Surinam 



Simaruba officinalis South America 

 Simaruba amara Central America, 



Bahamas and 



Florida 



Burseracece or Myrrh Family. Shrubs and trees of tropical climes 

 having secretion reservoirs in their bark. Leaves alternate and 

 compound. Flowers small, regular and hermaphrodite, arranged in 

 racemes or panicles. Fruit a drupe. 



