Plant Details

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

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)
bhurangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
charangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian quassiawood	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kumu	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
kuth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nigaki	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nim kath	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nimatotaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
picrasma wood	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
picrasmae lignum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
picrasmae lignum pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
picrasmae ramulus et folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
powdered picrasma wood	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
quassia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ramulus et folium picrasmae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
sarpajihva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shurni	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tithai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vatapaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ニガキ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
ニガキ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
苦木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦木叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦木根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 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 ailanthoides var. dasycarpa Kitag. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 50: 200 (1936).
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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Picrasma ailanthoides (Bunge) Planch.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Picrasma quassioides	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Picrasma quassioides (Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don) Bennett	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Picrasma quassioides (D. Don) Benn.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
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) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Picrasma quassioides (D.don.) Bennett	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Picrasma quassioides Bennet	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Picrasma quassioides Bennett.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Picrasma quassioses (D. Don) Benn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Picrasmaquassioides (D. Don) Benn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Picrasnia quassioides (D. Don) Benn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rhus ailanthoides Bunge	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.