Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Quassia amara

Common Name
Quassia, Simaruba, Palo Muneco, Cuassia, Surinam Quassia, Jamaica Bark

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Cancer Nc Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carcinoma Nc Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diarrhea Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Dysentery Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dyspepsia Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fever Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Hyperglycemia Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Insecticide Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.