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[[File:Quassia amara12.JPG|thumb|right|''Quassia amara'']]
'''Quassia amara''' ('''amargo, bitter-ash, bitter-wood''') 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.
== Description Uses== It is a shrub or rarely a small tree{{Uses|intestinal parasites}}, {{Uses|skin parasites}}, {{Uses|intestinal parasites}}, growing to 3 m tall (rarely 8 m). The leaves are compound and alternate{{Uses|amebic infections}}, 15–25 cm long{{Uses|malaria}}, and pinnate with 3-5 leaflets{{Uses|digestive problems}}, the leaf rachis being winged. The flowers are produced in a panicle 15–25 cm long{{Uses|eliminate toxins}}, each flower 2{{Uses|liver}}.5-3.5 cm long, bright red on the outside ==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|wood}}, and white inside{{Parts Used|Leaves}}. ==Chemical Composition==The fruit is a small drupe 1main chemicals identified in amargo include: beta-1.5 cm long.Q. amara is native to Costa Ricacarbolines, Nicaraguabeta-sitostenone, Panamabeta-sitosterol, Brasildehydroquassins, Perugallic acid, Venezuelagentisic acid, Surinamehydroxyquassins, Colombiaisoparain<ref name="chemical composition"/> ==Common names=={{Common names|kn=|ml=Akkarakaaram|sa=Akarkarabh|ta=|te=|hi=Akarkara|en=Pellitory}} ==Habit=={{Habit|Procumbent herb}} ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Smooth|Alternate, ArgentinaPinnate|The leaves are with deeply-cut segments}}.<ref name="Leaf"/> ===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|14-18cm long|Yellow, French Guiana Circular||Each bears one large flower the disk being yellow and Guyana. Q. amara is widely planted outside its native rangethe rays white, tinged with purple beneath.}}
== Uses =Fruit=== *Traditionally, Q. amara is used as a digestive, to treat fever, and against hair parasites {{Fruit|||Syncarp (licesorosis), fleas) and Mosquito larvae in ponds (and do not harm the fishes).<ref name="uses"/>*The component Simalikalactone D was identified as an antimalarial. The preparation of a tea out of young leaves is used traditionally in French Guyana.*Extracts of Q. amara wood subglobose or bark are also used to flavor soft drinksellipsoid with long echinate processes, aperitifs and bitters which can be added to cocktails or to baked goodsorange when ripe|seeds many, ovoid.<ref name="uses"/>|}}
==Common name=Other features===
==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used==* [[Vishatinduka Taila]] as ''root juice extract'English''' - Bitter-wood
==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Pyrethrum var depressus (sometimes considered a separate species, Anacyclus depressus), called mat daisy or Mount Atlas daisy, is grown as a spring-blooming, low-water ornamental. It produces mats of grey-green, ferny foliage and single daisy-like white flowers. It is suitable for growing in an alpine or rock garden. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit<ref name="How to plant/cultivate"/> ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Mediterranian}}, {{Commonly seen|Himalayas}}, {{Commonly seen|Arabian countries}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus habitus1.jpg|Var. ''depressus''File:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus open.jpg|same plant, flower detailFile:Anacyclus pyrethrum depressus closed.jpg|Var. ''depressus'', flowers closed</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121220110825/http://rainforest-database.com/plants/amargo.htm "AmargoWayback machine"]</ref><ref name="Leaf">[https://www.bimbima.com/ayurveda/medicinal-use-of-akarkara-spilanthes-acmella/1383/ "Bimbima"]</ref><ref name="How to plant/cultivate">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anacyclus_pyrethrum "Anacyclus pyrithum"]</ref>
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== External Links == *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quassia_amara Quassia amara - Wikipedia]*[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bitter%20Quassia.html "flowersofindia"]
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