Quassia

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Quassia
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Quassia amara
Quassia amara
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Genus: Quassia
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Quassia is a genus in the family Simaroubaceae. Its size is disputed; some botanists treat it as consisting of only one species, Quassia amara from [tropical] South America, while others treat it in a wide circumscription as a pantropical genus containing up to 40 species of trees and shrubs.

Broader treatments of the genus include the following and other species: