Quassia
Quassia (/ˈkwɒʃə/ or /ˈkwɒʃiə/) is a plant 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. The genus was named after a former slave from Suriname, Graman Quassi in the eighteenth century. He discovered the medicinal properties of the bark of Quassia amara.
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| Quassia amara | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Simaroubaceae |
| Genus: | Quassia L. |
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Broader treatments of the genus include the following and other species:
- Quassia africana
- Quassia amara
- Quassia arnhemensis – Australia
- Quassia bidwillii
- Quassia indica
- Quassia sp. 'Moonee Creek' – Australia
- Quassia sp. 'Mount Nardi' – Australia
- Quassia sanguinea
- Quassia silvestris
- Quassia undulata
It is the source of the quassinoids quassin and neo-quassin.[1]
References
- Mishra K, Chakraborty D, Pal A, Dey N (April 2010). "Plasmodium falciparum: in vitro interaction of quassin and neo-quassin with artesunate, a hemisuccinate derivative of artemisinin". Exp. Parasitol. 124 (4): 421–7. doi:10.1016/j.exppara.2009.12.007. PMID 20036657.
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