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Ailanthus altissima (mill.) Sengle simaroubaceae
Common Name	Tree-of-heaven,
	Pollinator Forage forage,N,P
	Nectar 0
	Pollen 0
key name	Copal Tree
Idententifing Character
Stem	10 -20 m;
Leaves	30 cm to 1 m long, subdevided into 11 -14 oblong, lanceolate or ovate, gland-baring leaflets. 7.5 to 11.5 cm long.
Flowers	small, greenish in terminal paniles 10 - 20 cm, long
Fruit	reddish-brown indihiscent winged called samara.
Taste
Odour
Root
Distribution	Native to China naturalized to eastern North America
Constituents	Fixed ois, volitile oil. Gum; oleoresin; sugars; oxalic acid; possibly alkalois and glycocides.
Solvents
Dosage
administration
Formulas
Contra Indications	Unpleasent cousing nausea and vomiting and debility, and no longer used
Chinese
Vetrinary
Sister Plants
Culinary
Cultivation	Wild. Rapid growth resistance to pollution and desease easily grown from seed.
Harvest
Non Med
History	Introduced to England in 1751 from Nanking China, United States in 1800, popular ornimental. Medicinal value discovred in France in 1859. Ainlanthus is from Indonesia fro Tree of heave. Not used for eather varnish or copal.
Reference	The Encyclopedia of Herbs and Herbalism< 11
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