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Taxon: Quassia amara L.

Genus: Quassia
Family: Simaroubaceae.
Nomen number: 30632
Place of publication: Sp. pl. ed. 2, 1:553. 1762
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Comment: non Simarouba amara Aubl.
Name verified on: 07-Nov-1985 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-Nov-2000
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • bitterwood   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  • quassia   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 ) – English
  • quassia-wood   (Source: F PuertoR ) – English
  • Surinam quassia   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – English
  • quassia de Surinam   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • quinine de Cayenne   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – French
  • quinine du pays   (Source: F LAnt ) – French
  • Bitterholzbaum   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • Bitterquassia   (Source: S. Reichel, p.c.) – German
  • Quassiaholzbaum   (Source: Zander ed14 ) – German
  • Quassie   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – German
  • amargo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • pau-amarelo   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • pau-quássia   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • quássia-de-caiena   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • quina   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • quinarana   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)
  • crucete   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish
  • cuasia amarga   (Source: Dict Rehm ) – Spanish

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • SOUTHERN AMERICA
    Mesoamerica: Costa Rica; Nicaragua; Panama
    Caribbean: Trinidad and Tobago - Trinidad
    Northern South America: French Guiana; Guyana; Suriname; Venezuela
    Brazil: Brazil
    Western South America: Colombia

      Naturalized:
  • widely naturalized

      Cultivated:
  • widely cultivated

      Other:
  • exact native range obscure

References:

  • Backer, C. A. & R. C. Bakhuizen van den Brink, Jr. 1963–1968. Flora of Java. (F Java) [cultivated].
  • Boggan, J. et al. 1997. Checklist of the plants of the Guianas, ed. 2. (L Guianas ed2) [cult.].
  • Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. (CRC MedHerbs ed2)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1984. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 13. Auflage. (Zander ed13)
  • Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage. (Zander ed14)
  • Gilbert, B. 1995. Economic plants of the Amazon. In: Seidl, P. R. et al., eds., Chemistry of the Amazon: biodiversity, natural products, and environmental issues. (Chem Amazon) 19–33.
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Howard, R. 1988. Flora of the lesser Antilles. (F LAnt) 4:572–574. [cultivated].
  • Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster. 1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2. (Ency CNatIn)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Liogier, H. A. 1984–. Descriptive flora of Puerto Rico and adjacent islands. (F PuertoR)
  • Macbride, J. F. et al., eds. 1936–1971. Flora of Peru.; new ser. 1980- (F Peru)
  • McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. (Herbs Commerce ed2)
  • Nooteboom, H. P. 1962. Generic delimitation in Simaroubaceae tribus Simaroubeae and a conspectus of the genus Quassia L. Blumea 11:516.
  • Pulle, A. A. et al., eds. 1932–. Flora of Suriname. (F Suriname)
  • Rehm, S. 1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. (Dict Rehm)
  • Reichel, S. 1998. pers. comm. [re. German common names].
  • Standley, P. C. & J. A. Steyermark. 1946–1976. Flora of Guatemala. (F Guat)
  • Woodson, R. E. & R. W. Schery, eds. 1943–1980. Flora of Panama. (F Panama)
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Check other databases for Quassia amara L.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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