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

 Picrasma quassioides (Simaroubaceae)

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Common name(s)
Shurni; Nigaki

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Fever India(Punjab) *
Fever Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide Japan Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide India(Punjab) *
Itch Elsewhere *
Pulicide Elsewhere *
Stomachic Elsewhere *
*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.