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

 Picrasma excelsa (Simaroubaceae)

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Common name(s)
Quassia; Aciagac; Jamaica Quassia; Lignum Quassiae

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Digestive Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Epithelioma Nc Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insecticide Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Narcotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomachic Elsewhere *
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic West Indies Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Elsewhere *
Vermifuge West Indies Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.