[[File:Brucea Javanica.Jpg|thumb|350px|left|Brucea Javanica]]
Other Names : Ailanthus gracilis Salisb., Brucea amarissima, Brucea glabrata, Brucea gracilis, Brucea sumatrana, Brucea sumatrensis, Gonus amarissimus, Lussa radja, Rhus javanica; Jajaruman, Jaloot, Kuinin, Mara, Merapayas, Morinja, Pait-pait, Payas, Tongkat ali<br>
B. javanica is a monoecious or dioecious shrub or small tree that can grow up to 10 m tall with soft-haired twigs and leaves. It prefers open localities such as light secondary forests and thickets, forest edges, ridges, and even occurring in sunny places on sandy dunes and on limestone. It grows under both per-humid and seasonal conditions from sea level up to 900 m altitude
==Special Precautions of Brucea Javanica==
Don't confuse with [[Eurycoma Longifolia]] which is also named Tongkat Ali.
==Benefits and uses of Brucea Javanica are==
For several millennia, herbal preparations and natural remedies from B. javanica have been shown to be effective in treating many types of maladies including malaria, and amoebiasis as well as cancer. B. javanica contains alkaloids (brucamarine, yatanine), glycosides/quassinoids (brucealin, yatanoside A and B, kosamine, bruceantin, bruceantarin, bruceantinol), and phenol (brucenol, bruceolic acid). The seeds contain brusatol and bruceine. The pulp oil contains fat, oleic acid, linoleic acid, stearic acid, and palmitoleic acid. Fruit and leaves contain tannin.