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Picrasma excelsa (Sw.) Planch.

Simaroubaceae

SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)

hyg? mes xer

dr (leaves and bark decoction taken orally for indigestion, anorexia, intestinal worms, dysentery and fever) dr(ob) (quassia chips formely used in bitters and as insecticide) ti

Aeschrion antillana (Eggers) Small Aeschrion excelsa (Sw.) Kuntze Aeschrion excelsa var. microcarpa Krug & Urb. Picraena antillana (Eggers) Fawc. & Rendle Picraena excelsa Griseb. Picraena excelsa (Sw.) Lindl. Picrasma antillana (Eggers) Urb. Picrasma excelsa Planch. Quassia excelsa Sw. Rhus antillana Eggers

Jamaica picrasma; bitter ash, bitter bark (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); bitter wood (Jamaica); bitter-ash (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); bitter-bark; bitterwood (Puerto Rico); calltree (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); cheaky berry (Saba Island); gall tree; gall-tree (Barbados); Jamaica quassia (Jamaica); Jamaica quassiawood; Jamaican quassia (Jamaica); quassia (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)

picrasma de la Jamaïque; bois amer, bois noyer, bois-noyer, boisnoyer; frêne (Haiti); frêne amer (Lesser Antilles); gorie, gorie frêne (Haiti); graines vertes, lignum quassiae jamaïcensis du commerce, peste à poux, simaruba

cuasia (Cuba); goric (Dominican Republic); hobero (Ecuador); leña amarga (Cuba); leña amargo, palo amargo (Puerto Rico); quasia (Cuba); simaruba

fwenn, gori fwenn, gorik (creole, Haiti)

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Latin name	Picrasma excelsa (Sw.) Planch.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SE North America (Nicaragua, Costa Rica, West Indies) N MW South America (Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador)
North America distribution zone	SE
Height	L
Foliage	E
Ecology	hyg? mes xer
Use	dr (leaves and bark decoction taken orally for indigestion, anorexia, intestinal worms, dysentery and fever) dr(ob) (quassia chips formely used in bitters and as insecticide) ti
Synonym	Aeschrion antillana (Eggers) Small Aeschrion excelsa (Sw.) Kuntze Aeschrion excelsa var. microcarpa Krug & Urb. Picraena antillana (Eggers) Fawc. & Rendle Picraena excelsa Griseb. Picraena excelsa (Sw.) Lindl. Picrasma antillana (Eggers) Urb. Picrasma excelsa Planch. Quassia excelsa Sw. Rhus antillana Eggers
English name	Jamaica picrasma; bitter ash, bitter bark (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); bitter wood (Jamaica); bitter-ash (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); bitter-bark; bitterwood (Puerto Rico); calltree (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico); cheaky berry (Saba Island); gall tree; gall-tree (Barbados); Jamaica quassia (Jamaica); Jamaica quassiawood; Jamaican quassia (Jamaica); quassia (Lesser Antilles, Puerto Rico)
French name	picrasma de la Jamaïque; bois amer, bois noyer, bois-noyer, boisnoyer; frêne (Haiti); frêne amer (Lesser Antilles); gorie, gorie frêne (Haiti); graines vertes, lignum quassiae jamaïcensis du commerce, peste à poux, simaruba
Spanish name	cuasia (Cuba); goric (Dominican Republic); hobero (Ecuador); leña amarga (Cuba); leña amargo, palo amargo (Puerto Rico); quasia (Cuba); simaruba
Other name	fwenn, gori fwenn, gorik (creole, Haiti)
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