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What (who) is quassia - definition
GENUS OF PLANTS
ATC code P03AX04; ATCvet code QP53AX03
Quassia
·noun The wood of several tropical American trees of the order Simarubeae, as Quassia amara, Picraena excelsa, and Simaruba amara. It is intensely bitter, and is used in medicine and sometimes as a substitute for hops in making beer.
quassia
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¦ noun a South American shrub or small tree whose wood, bark, or root yields a medicinal tonic, insecticide, and vermifuge. [Quassia amara and other species.]
Origin
named after Graman Quassi, the 18th-cent. Surinamese slave who discovered its medicinal properties.
Quassia amara
SPECIES OF PLANT
Quassia wood; Hombre grande
Quassia amara, also known as amargo, bitter-ash, bitter-wood, or hombre grandeAmargo – Quassia amara. Tropical Plant Database.
Wikipedia
Quassia
Quassia ( or ) is a plant genus in the family Simaroubaceae. Its size is disputed; some botanists treat it as consisting of only one species, Quassia amara from tropical South America, while others treat it in a wide circumscription as a pantropical genus containing up to 40 species of trees and shrubs. The genus was named after a former slave from Suriname, Graman Quassi in the eighteenth century. He discovered the medicinal properties of the bark of Quassia amara.
