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Picramnia pentandra Sw.

Simaroubaceae

SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)

hyg

dr (leaves, bark and roots decoction taken orally for fever, dysentery, cholera and intestinal worms) fd (honey) pl

Picramnia antidesmoides Griseb. Picramnia cubensis Turcz. Picramnia micrantha Tul. Picramnia oblongifolia Turcz. Tariri pentandra Baill.

Florida bitterbush; bitterbush (Bahamas, Puerto Rico); doctor-bar, go holler; macary bitter, majoe bitter (Jamaica); snake-root, wild-coffee

picramnie pentandre; boi-montagnes, bois montagne (Guadeloupe); bois petit garçon (Haiti); bois poison (Guadeloupe, Haiti); bois poisson, bois sardine (Haiti); bois-madame, bois-mondongue, bois-moudongue (Martinique); bois-poisson, boispoison (Guadeloupe); boistan (Dominica); café marron (Haiti); graines dorées (Guadeloupe); quassier de la Jamaïque; tan (Dominica); vaillant garçon, villant garçon (Haiti)

aguedita (Cuba, Dominican Republic); guarema (Puerto Rico); guaremo; huejo; hueso (Puerto Rico); ojo de peje (Dominican Republic); ojo de pejé; palo de hueso (Puerto Rico); palo de peje, palo de pez (Dominican Republic); quina de la tierra, quina del país, quinino del país, roble agalla (Cuba)

bwa pwason, bwa sadinn, bwa ti gason, kafe mawon, vayan gason (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Picramnia pentandra Sw.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (USA: Florida; Bahamas, West Indies) N South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	S
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg
Use	dr (leaves, bark and roots decoction taken orally for fever, dysentery, cholera and intestinal worms) fd (honey) pl
Synonym	Picramnia antidesmoides Griseb. Picramnia cubensis Turcz. Picramnia micrantha Tul. Picramnia oblongifolia Turcz. Tariri pentandra Baill.
English name	Florida bitterbush; bitterbush (Bahamas, Puerto Rico); doctor-bar, go holler; macary bitter, majoe bitter (Jamaica); snake-root, wild-coffee
French name	picramnie pentandre; boi-montagnes, bois montagne (Guadeloupe); bois petit garçon (Haiti); bois poison (Guadeloupe, Haiti); bois poisson, bois sardine (Haiti); bois-madame, bois-mondongue, bois-moudongue (Martinique); bois-poisson, boispoison (Guadeloupe); boistan (Dominica); café marron (Haiti); graines dorées (Guadeloupe); quassier de la Jamaïque; tan (Dominica); vaillant garçon, villant garçon (Haiti)
Spanish name	aguedita (Cuba, Dominican Republic); guarema (Puerto Rico); guaremo; huejo; hueso (Puerto Rico); ojo de peje (Dominican Republic); ojo de pejé; palo de hueso (Puerto Rico); palo de peje, palo de pez (Dominican Republic); quina de la tierra, quina del país, quinino del país, roble agalla (Cuba)
Other name	bwa pwason, bwa sadinn, bwa ti gason, kafe mawon, vayan gason (creole, Haiti)
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