Simaroubaceae

Quassia amara L.

Family: Simaroubaceae
Genus: Quassia

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Quassia amara (Quassia amara) — FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (13)

Arabic: خشب مر, الكواسية, شجرة خشب المر, قصب مر, كاسية
arz: خشب مر
Catalan: Quàssia
Chinese: 红雀椿
Dutch: Bitterhout, Kwassiehout
Finnish: Surinaminkvassia
Lithuanian: Kartusis musmedis, Simarouba amara
Persian: کواسیا آمارا
Polish: Gorzkla właściwa, Gorzknia właściwa, Gorzkodrzew właściwy, Gorżciel właściwy, Kwasja gorzka, Kwasja właściwa
Russian: Квассия горькая
Sundanese: Ki congcorang
Swedish: Kvassia
Turkish: Acıağaç, Kuvasya Ağacı

Synonyms

Quassia amara f. paniculata (Engl.) Cronquist
Quassia amara var. grandiflora Hemsl.
Quassia amara var. paniculata Engl.
Quassia pumila A.Rich.

Flowers

In flower: November to April (from 120 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Shrub, Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Pacific Basin: introduced, Puerto Rico: introduced, U.S. Virgin Islands: introduced

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Anders Hastings, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Alan Prather, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Siddarth Machado, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Mike Mulqueen, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Forestowlet, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Pescov, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Jean Marie Le Pape, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: stefan.helmste96, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Mokkie, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Roy Mendez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF

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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.