See text Samadera is a genus of four species of plants belonging to the family Simaroubaceae in the order Sapindales.

[1] Type species: Samadera indica Gaertn Plants in this genus are large or small trees with simple leaves.

The calyces (collective name for the sepals) are small, 3-5 partite (divided into parts) and imbricate (overlapping each other).

The 3-5 petals are much longer than the calyx, they are coriaceous (leather-like, stiff and tough) and imbricate.

The flower disk is large, conical, with 8-10 stamens, including in the corolla, with a small scale at the base.

[2][failed verification][3] It was first published and described by German Botanist Joseph Gaertner (1732–1791) in his seminal book De Fructibus et Seminibus Plantarum vol.2 on page 352 in 1791.

[5][6] In 2007, DNA sequencing, and phylogenetic analyses was carried out on members of the Simaroubaceae family.

[12] The genus name of Samadera is derived from the New Latin, from Sinhalese word samadarā, a tree of Ceylon.

[19] The wood of the tree is used locally for example in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia, where it is used for making knife-handles.