Plant Details

Accepted name:

Quassia amara L. [Simaroubaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amargo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitta wood	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
bitter quassia	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
bitterholz	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
bitterholzbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitterquassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bitterwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
bois amer	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
casca amargosa	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
crucete	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
cuasia	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
cuasia amarga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
hombre grande	Other	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
jamaica quassia	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
kvassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kwasi beta	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
marupa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marupá	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
pau amargo	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
pau de surinã	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
pau-amarelo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
pau-amargo	Other	Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
pau-quássia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
picrasma	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
quashie-bitters	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
quassia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
quassia amara	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
quassia de surinam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quassia surinam	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quassia-wood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
quassiae lignum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quassiaholzbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quassie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
quina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
quina-quina	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
quinarana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quinine de cayenne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quinine du pays	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
quássia-de-caiena	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
simaruba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stave-wood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
su	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
surinam quassia	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
surinam quassia wood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
weradi sinchona	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wéwe gífi	Other	Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Wood		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Wood		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Stem wood		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
wood		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
stem		Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
root		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 1: 172 (1879).
Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist Brittonia 5: 146 (1944).
Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 12(2): 207 (1874).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quassia amara	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Quassia amara L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E. Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Quassia amara Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)

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