Quassia amara

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endangered perennial medicinal 2024 1977

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Home Plants angiosperms sapindales simaroubaceae quassia Quassia amara

1762

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Quassia amara, also known as amargo, bitter-ash, bitterwood, or hombre grande (spanish for big man) 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. ...read more on Wikipedia.

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