~ 1 ~ Journal of Medicinal Plants Studies 2020; 8(5): 01-04 ISSN (E): 2320-3862 ISSN (P): 2394-0530 NAAS Rating: 3.53 www.plantsjournal.com JMPS 2020; 8(5): 01-04 © 2020 JMPS Received: 01-07-2020 Accepted: 03-08-2020 Sushma Rudraswamy Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India HP Jai Shankar Reader, Department of Oral Medicine & Radiology, JSS Dental College & Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India K Mruthunjaya Professor, Department of Pharmacognosy, JSS College of Pharmacy, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India Mallikarjun Aradhya Dean, Faculty of Sciences, JSS Science and Technological University, Mysuru, Karnataka, India Corresponding Author: Sushma Rudraswamy Lecturer, Department of Public Health Dentistry, JSS Dental College and Hospital, JSS Academy of Higher Education and Research, Mysuru, Karnataka, India Economically viable and ecologically sustainable tree of heaven “Simarouba gl auca ” Sushma Rudraswamy, HP Jai Shankar, K Mruthunjaya and Mallikarjun Aradhya Abstract Simarouba glauca commonly known as paradise tree is a versatile fast growing multipurpose oilseed tree belonging to the Simaroubaceae family. It is considered as a potential source of edible biodiesel and also known for various medicinal properties having ability to check the soil erosion and improvement in the ground water balance. Keywords: ‘Laxmitaru’, simarouba glauca, ‘paradise tree’, ‘ Simarouba medicinalis’, ‘dysentery bark’ ‘bitter ash’ and ‘oil tree’ Introduction Some of the tropical regions with fertile soils, receiving good rainfall, have rich rainforests with a great treasure of flora and fauna. Agriculture is lucrative in these regions and here the farmers are generally happy and love farming. However, there are less privileged geographical regions in the tropics, which receive low and erratic rainfall that cannot support good vegetation even though they are blessed with plenty of sun light. Cultivation of traditional crops adopting recommended packages is very much uneconomical and often disastrous to agriculturists in these regions [1] . Several measures are suggested for mitigating this problem. Among them, recommending a low cost input technology for cultivating hardy perennial crops that can grow well even with erratic and low rainfall, still giving assured returns is of great significance. In this context, cultivation of Simarouba glauca, paradise tree, Lakshmi taru, a multipurpose tree that can grow well under a wide range of hostile ecological conditions, offers a great hope [2] . Aim: This paper provides a review of the scientific literature on  Botanical Features  Ethnobotanical Uses  Benefits Of Simarouba Cultivation Methodology The following electronic data bases: MEDLINE, PUBMED, EMBASE, COCHRANE, PROQUEST were searched to identify relevant articles. The articles were reviewed to include details pertaining to the uses and benefits of Simarouba gluaca. Inclusion criteria 1. Publication from the earliest available date to June 2016; 2. Language: English 3. Only documents for which full text could be obtained were reviewed. Exclusion criteria Studies were excluded if they provided insufficient information to allow adequate interpretation, or if they were only found in abstract form, in abstracts or posters from conference proceedings. Some of the abstracts and full-text documents were searched by traditional Web searchers and documents that seemed to be relevant but did not have a digital version were hand searched. The search strategies included subject headings and subheadings combined with keyword searching.