ABSTRACT

Jamaican quassia; Bitter ash; Bitter wood; Surinam wood; Amargo; Bitterwood; Quassia wood, Pau amarelo, Quassia, palo muneco

Foreign names:

Bois amer de Surinam (Fr.), Bitterholz (Ger.), Quassia amarga (Sp.), Quassia (It.)

Description:

Quassia is a collective term for two herbs:

Q. amara

and

P. excelsa

.