Quassia amara from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Clade:
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Simaroubaceae
Genus:
Quassia
Species:
Q. amara
Binomial name
Quassia amara
L.
Synonyms[1]
List
Quassia amara var. grandifloraHemsl. in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 172 (1879)
Quassia amara f. paniculata(Engl.) Cronquist in Brittonia 5: 146 (1944)
Quassia amara var. paniculataEngl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 207 (1874)
Quassia pumilaA.Rich. in J.B.G. Bory de Saint-Vincent, Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. 17: 11 (1831), nom. superfl.
Quassia amara, also known as amargo, bitter-ash, bitter-wood, or hombre grande[2] (spanish for big man)[3] is a species in the genus Quassia, with some botanists treating it as the sole species in the genus. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus who named it after the first botanist to describe it: the Surinamese freedman Graman Quassi.
Q. amara is used as insecticide, in traditional medicine and as additive in the food industry.
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