Quassia amara

Quassia amara
Quassia amara from Koehler's Medicinal-Plants (1887)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Quassia
Species:
Q. amara
Binomial name
Quassia amara
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl. in Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 172 (1879)
    • Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist in Brittonia 5: 146 (1944)
    • Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 207 (1874)
    • Quassia pumila A.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.

  1. ^ "Quassia amara L. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  2. ^ Amargo – Quassia amara. Tropical Plant Database. 2013-02-11. Accessed 2017-09-07.
  3. ^ Tree of the Month: Hombre Grande. Titi Conservation Alliance. Accessed 2017-09-08.