Steinmetz:Picrasma

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Picrasma excelsa

Also known as (or relevant to) Picrasma excelsa Picraena excelsa (Jamaica) Aeschrion excelsa Quassia amara (Surinama) Family Simarubaceae English Names Quassia Bitter wood Natural Habitat West Indian islands Jamaica Venezuela Northern Brazil Surinam Part(s) Used Lignum Quassiae Cortex Quassiae

Constituent(s) picrasmin (quassin) resin mucilage pectin minerals quaasol (bitter principle) volatile oil Action bitter stomachic bitter tonic digestive vermifuge febrifuge slightly narcotic; used to poison flies and fish