Steinmetz:Quassia
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Quassia simaruba
- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Simarubaceae
- English Names
- Mountain Damson
- Bitter Damson
- Simarouba
- Natural Habitat
- tropical America
- Northern part of South America
- Africa
- India
- Part(s) Used
- Cortex radicis Simarubae = Orinoco bark
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- Constituent(s)
- tannin
- essential oil
- bitter principle
- Action
- astringent
- anti-diarrhetic
- anti-dysenteric
- digestive
- tonic
- diuretic
- antipyretic
- used in malaria
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