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:
- Quassia africana
- Quassia amara
- Quassia bidwillii
- Quassia indica
- Quassia undulata
