Surinam quassia wood: 1 definition
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Biology (plants and animals)
Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)Surinam quassia wood in English is the name of a plant defined with Quassia amara in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Quassia alatifolia Stokes (among others).
Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):
· Species Plantarum (1762)
· J. Org. Chem. (1976)
· Actes de la Société d’Histoire Naturelle de Paris (1792)
· Journal of Ethnopharmacology (1999)
· African Journal of Medicine and Medical Sciences (2003)
· A Botanical Materia Medica (1812)
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