Mahanimb / Heaven Tree
Ailanthus excelsa
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- December-July
How to identify Mahanimb
Identify Mahanimb by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Large pinnate leaves, soft light timber.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: December-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Simaroubaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Mahanimb.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Ailanthus excelsa
- Genus
- Ailanthus
- Family
- Simaroubaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Dry deciduous forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Native to
- India, Sri Lanka
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Indo-Malesia
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Haryana, Delhi, Bihar, Assam, Tripura
- Flowering & fruiting
- December-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Local Names
- Hindi
- महानिंब Mahanimb, महारुख Maharukh
- Tamil
- Agal, பெருமரம் Perumaram, Perumaruntu
- Telugu
- Pedda, Peddamandu, Peddamanu
- Kannada
- Bende, ದೊಡ್ಡಬೇವು Dodabevu, ದೊಡ್ಡಮರ Doddamara
- Malayalam
- Mattipongilyam, പെരു Peru, പെരുമരമ് Perumaram
- Marathi
- मरुख Marukh, माहरुख Mahrukh, महानिम्ब Mahanimb, महारुख
- Gujarati
- અરડૂસો
About Mahanimb
A member of the Simaroubaceae family, Heaven Tree (Ailanthus excelsa) is a tree. In India it has been recorded in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and 16 other states. It grows in dry deciduous forests. Flowering and fruiting run from December to July.
Simaroubaceae
Quassia Family
Mahanimb belongs to the Simaroubaceae family.
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