Quassia amara L.
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Simaroubaceae
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SC SE North America (S Mexico to Panama, West Indies) South America (general)
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SC SE
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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)
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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.
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Suriname quassia; bitter quassia, bitterwood (Panama); quassia wood (Puerto Rico); simaruba; stave wood, Surinam quassia wood (Brazil)
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quassia amer; acajou blanc, acayoa blanc, bois de Surinam; cayenne (Guadeloupe); cuassia (Haiti); quassia amara; quinine (Guadeloupe); quinine cayenne; quinquina-cayenne (Guadeloupe); simarouba
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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)
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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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