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'''Quassia amara''' ('''amargo==Parts Used=={{Parts Used|Wood}}, 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{{Parts Used|Leaves}}.

== Description Chemical Composition== It is a shrub or rarely a small tree, growing to 3 m tall (rarely 8 m). The leaves are compound and alternate, 15–25 cm long, and pinnate with 3main chemicals identified in amargo include: beta-5 leafletscarbolines, the leaf rachis being winged. The flowers are produced in a panicle 15–25 cm long, each flower 2.5beta-3.5 cm long, bright red on the outsidesitostenone, and white inside. The fruit is a small drupe 1beta-1.5 cm long.Q. amara is native to Costa Ricasitosterol, Nicaraguadehydroquassins, Panamagallic acid, Brasilgentisic acid, Peruhydroxyquassins, Venezuela, Suriname, Colombia, Argentina, French Guiana and Guyana. Q. amara is widely planted outside its native rangeisoparain/.<ref name="chemical composition"/>

== Uses Common names== *Traditionally, Q. amara is used as a digestive, to treat fever, and against hair parasites (lice, fleas) and Mosquito larvae in ponds (and do not harm the fishes).<ref name{{Common names|kn=|ml=|sa=|ta=|te=|hi="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 or bark are also used to flavor soft drinks, aperitifs and bitters which can be added to cocktails or to baked goods.<ref name|en="uses"/>}}

==Common nameHabit=={{Habit|Shrub}}

* '''English''' - ==Identification=====Leaf==={{Leaf|Simple|Alternate, Pinnate|Native to Brazil, BitterQuassia ia a small forest tree, typically with a leaning stem, sometimes multiply-woodstemmed.}}<ref name="Leaf"/>

===Flower==={{Flower|Unisexual|15-25 cm long|White||The flowers are produced in a panicle 15-25 cm long, each flower 2.5-3.5 cm long, bright red on the outside, and white inside. They are tubes with a narrow mouth, somewhat wider at the base}} ===Fruit==={{Fruit|||Syncarp (sorosis) The fruit consists of 4-5 berries held together in a red receptacle.|Ovoid|Many}} ===Other features=== ==List of Ayurvedic medicine in which the herb is used== ==Where to get the saplings====Mode of Propagation=={{Propagation|Seeds}}, {{Propagation|Cuttings}}. ==How to plant/cultivate==Seeds and cuttings can be used for propagation of Q. amara. Frost is not tolerated, but the plant is partially drought tolerant. A large amount of indirect light is recommended. ==Commonly seen growing in areas=={{Commonly seen|Tropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Subtropical area}}, {{Commonly seen|Monsoonal area}}. ==Photo Gallery==<gallery class="left" caption="" widths="140px" heights="140px">Bitter wood (Quassia amara) 3.jpgBitter wood (Quassia amara).jpgFlower Quassia amara.JPGGardenology-IMG 7914 hunt10aug.jpgGardenology-IMG 7915 hunt10aug.jpgGardenology-IMG 7916 hunt10aug.jpgGardenology-IMG 7917 hunt10aug.jpgGardenology.org-IMG 2043 hunt08sep.jpg</gallery> == References == <references><ref name="useschemical composition">[https://web.archive.org/web/20121220110825/http://rainforest-database.com/plants/amargo.htm Wayback machine]</ref><ref name="AmargoLeaf">[http://www.flowersofindia.net/catalog/slides/Bitter%20Quassia.html Morphology]</ref>

== External Links == * [http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Quassia+amara Bitter wood on tropical herbs.info]*[https://enwww.drugs.com/npp/quassia.wikipediahtml Bitter wood on drugs.com]* [https://pfaf.org/wikiuser/Quassia_amara Plant.aspx?LatinName=Quassia +amara - WikipediaBitter wood on pfaf.org]*[httphttps://wwwflorafaunaweb.nparks.flowersofindiagov.netsg/catalog/slidesspecial-pages/plant-detail.aspx?id=2380 Bitter%20Quassiawood on florafaunaweb.html "flowersofindia"nparks.gov]