Simaroubaceae
Bitterwood
Picrasma excelsa
- Family
- Simaroubaceae
- Genus
- Picrasma
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Picrasma excelsaSimaroubaceae
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Bitterwood
Synonyms
- Aeschrion antillana (Eggers) Small
- Aeschrion excelsa (Sw.) Kuntze
- Aeschrion excelsa var. microcarpa Krug & Urb.
- Aeschrion medica Cuatrec.
- Muenteria excelsa (Sw.) Walp.
- Picraena antillana (Eggers) Fawc. & Rendle
- Picraena excelsa (Sw.) Lindl.
- Picrasma antillana (Eggers) Urb.
- Picrita fraxinea Schumach.
- Quassia excelsa Sw.
- Quassia pentandra Stokes
- Quassia polygama Linds.
- Rhus antillana Egg.
- Simarouba excelsa (Sw.) DC.
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Puerto Rico: native, U.S. Virgin Islands: native
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.