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Quassia amara L.

Simaroubaceae

SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)

SC SE

S[M]

dr (bark and wood for fever, macerated bark decoction taken orally for fever, diphtheria and anorexia, vermifuge) fd (source of bitters) fr pl ti tx (source of poison in fly-papers)

Quassia alatifolia Stokes Quassia amara Aubl.? Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl. Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl. Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist Quassia officinalis Rich.

Suriname quassia; bitter quassia, bitterwood (Panama); quassia wood (Puerto Rico); simaruba; stave wood, Surinam quassia wood (Brazil)

quassia amer; acajou blanc, acayoa blanc, bois de Surinam; cayenne (Guadeloupe); cuassia (Haiti); quassia amara; quinine (Guadeloupe); quinine cayenne; quinquina-cayenne (Guadeloupe); simarouba

aceituno (Colombia); amargo (Ecuador); cedrillo (Colombia); cedro amargo (Ecuador); cedro blanco (Venezuela); cruceta, crucete (Panama); cuasia (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); cuña (Ecuador); guabo amargo, guavita amarga, guavito, guavito amargo (Panama); guavo (Costa Rica); guavo amargo (Panama); guitaro (Ecuador); hombre grande (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); hombron (Costa Rica); juavita amarga (Panama); limoncillo (Honduras); marouba (Colombia); palo muñeco (Dominican Republic); puesilde (Panama); quassia (Peru); simaruba (Venezuela); tamburu caspi (Ecuador)

adonichi (dutch, Suriname); assoumaripa; Betterholz (german); marupa (portuguese, Brazil); quassia (Panama); quassia amara (italian); Quassia Holzbaum (german); soemaroepa (dutch, Suriname); udut pulu (Panama)

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Latin name	Quassia amara L.
Family	Simaroubaceae
Distribution	SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
North America distribution zone	SC SE
Height	S[M]
Foliage
Ecology
Use	dr (bark and wood for fever, macerated bark decoction taken orally for fever, diphtheria and anorexia, vermifuge) fd (source of bitters) fr pl ti tx (source of poison in fly-papers)
Synonym	Quassia alatifolia Stokes Quassia amara Aubl.? Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl. Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl. Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist Quassia officinalis Rich.
English name	Suriname quassia; bitter quassia, bitterwood (Panama); quassia wood (Puerto Rico); simaruba; stave wood, Surinam quassia wood (Brazil)
French name	quassia amer; acajou blanc, acayoa blanc, bois de Surinam; cayenne (Guadeloupe); cuassia (Haiti); quassia amara; quinine (Guadeloupe); quinine cayenne; quinquina-cayenne (Guadeloupe); simarouba
Spanish name	aceituno (Colombia); amargo (Ecuador); cedrillo (Colombia); cedro amargo (Ecuador); cedro blanco (Venezuela); cruceta, crucete (Panama); cuasia (Cuba, Puerto Rico, Venezuela); cuña (Ecuador); guabo amargo, guavita amarga, guavito, guavito amargo (Panama); guavo (Costa Rica); guavo amargo (Panama); guitaro (Ecuador); hombre grande (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Panama); hombron (Costa Rica); juavita amarga (Panama); limoncillo (Honduras); marouba (Colombia); palo muñeco (Dominican Republic); puesilde (Panama); quassia (Peru); simaruba (Venezuela); tamburu caspi (Ecuador)
Other name	adonichi (dutch, Suriname); assoumaripa; Betterholz (german); marupa (portuguese, Brazil); quassia (Panama); quassia amara (italian); Quassia Holzbaum (german); soemaroepa (dutch, Suriname); udut pulu (Panama)
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