Ailanthus triphysa
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Ailanthus triphysa

Ailanthus Triphysa

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Ailanthus triphysa (also Ailanthus malabarica) is a medium to tall evergreen rainforest tree in Asia and Australia. The wood may be used for matchwood and plywood. The tree is known as halmaddi in India, where its resin, also called halmaddi, may be used in incense. Inappropriate extraction methods were resulting in trees dying, so by the 1990s the Indian forestry department had banned extraction.

CHARACTERISTICS

Botanical profile.

Genus
Ailanthus
Family
Simaroubaceae
ALSO KNOWN AS

Other names.

en White bean en White siris en Maharukh
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