Samandera bark. Samandera indica.

Samandera Bark.—This is the inner bark of Samandera indica Gartn., a tree belonging to the family of Simarubacecae, growing in Ceylon and the East Indies. It is intensely bitter, and probably contains quassin. For further particulars, see P. J., 1872, 541.

The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.