✿Simaroubaceae · Ailanthus
Mahanimb / Heaven Tree
Ailanthus excelsa
Tree
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu & more
- Flowering
- December-July
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.
Botanical family
Simaroubaceae
Quassia Family
Mahanimb belongs to the Simaroubaceae family.
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