Quassia
Related Category: Plants
(kwsh´), name for several tropical trees and for a bitter extract from their bark.
Native to Brazil, Bitter Quassia ia a small forest tree, typically with a leaning stem, sometimes multiply-stemmed. Leaves are alternate, compound, with 3-5 leaflets, one terminal and the remaining in opposing pairs.
Quassia amara
Family: Simaroubaceae
Amargo, Bitter Ash, Bitterwood
Origin: South America ...
Quassia has been used by brewers as a substitute for hops and is in general use by gardeners, mixed with soft soap, for spraying plants affected with green-fly.
Quassia (Quassia amara) (bitter spice in aperitifs, and some beers and fortified wines)
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Ramsons, wood garlic (Allium ursinum)
Rice paddy herb (Limnophila aromatica) (Vietnam)
Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)
Rue (Ruta graveolens) ...
Cuasia - Quassia amara
Cubeba - Piper cubeba
Cubiletes - Nuphar luteum
Cuchara de pastor - Leuzea conifera
Cucúbalo - Cucubalus baccifer
Cuello de paloma - Fumaria officinalis
Cuernecillo - Lotus corniculatus
Cuescos de lobo - Lycoperdon perlatum ...
DESCRIPTION: Tree-of-heaven, also known as ailanthus, Chinese sumac, and stinking shumac, is a rapidly growing, deciduous tree in the mostly tropical quassia family (Simaroubaceae). Mature trees can reach 80 feet or more in height.
The bitterness is imparted by such substances as bitter orange rind, gentian, rhubarb, quassia, cascarilla, angostura, quinine and cinchona.
Anorexia:
Lack or loss of appetite despite basic caloric needs.
Phyllanthus urinaria, Quassia Amara, Phyllanthus Amarus.
Antacid:
Substance which reduces and/or neutralizes stomach acid.
Sweet Broom, Verbena.
Ailanthus altissima. TREE OF HEAVEN. China
SIMAROUBACEAE (Quassia family) ...
 See also: May, Medic, Green, Ash, Fruits
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