Plant Details

Accepted name:: Picrasma quassioides (D.Don) Benn. [Simaroubaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asranasini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baringi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bharangi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian quassiawood	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
kadavi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaddvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karui	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karwi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karwiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kashshing	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khodo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku shu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kumu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
kuth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nigaki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
nim kath	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picrasma wood	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
picrasmae lignum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
picrasmae lignum pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
picrasmae ramulus et folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
powdered picrasma wood	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ramulus et folium picrasmae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sarpajihva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shurni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tithai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatapaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ニガキ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ニガキ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch, leaf	dried branch and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
branch, leaf	dried branch and leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
wood	wood	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
wood		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
wood		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
heartwood		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Picrasma ailanthoides (Bunge) Planch. London J. Bot. 5: 573 (1846).
Rhus ailanthoides Bunge Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 89 (1835).
Nima quassioides Buch.-Ham. ex A.Juss. Mém. Mus. Hist. Nat. 12: 517 (1825).
Picrasma japonica A.Gray Mem. Amer. Acad. Arts, n.s., 6: 383 (1859).
Picrasma quassioides var. dasycarpa (Kitag.) S.Z.Liou Fl. Liaoningica 1: 1055 (1988).
Picrasma quassioides f. dasycarpa (Kitag.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 424 (1979).
Picrasma quassioides var. glabrescens Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 18: 171 (1911).
Picrasma quassioides f. glabrescens (Pamp.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 424 (1979).
Simaba quassioides D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 248 (1825).
Zwingera quassioides Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16. 4(2): 163 (1827).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Picrasma ailanthoides (Bunge) Planch.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Picrasma quassioides (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) Bennett	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Picrasma quassioides (D. Don) Benn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Picrasma quassioides (D. Don) Benn. var. quassioides	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Picrasma quassioides (D.Don) Benn.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Picrasma quassioides (D.don.) Bennett	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Picrasma quassioides Bennet	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Rhus ailanthoides Bunge	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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