Quassia
Botanical name: Simaroubaceae
Quassia
Botanical name: Simaroubaceae
Species of Quassia
Brucea
Simarouba
They are trees and shrubs, native to the neotropics. They have compound leaves, with between 1 and 12 pairs of alternate pinnate leaflets. Their flowers are unisexual, relatively small and arranged in large panicles. The fruit is a carpophore and has up to 5 drupaceous mericarps.
Castela
Castela is a genus of thorny shrubs and small trees in the family Simaroubaceae. Members of the genus are native to the Americas, especially the tropical regions.
Quassia
Ailanthus
The ailanthus (Ailanthus) are a small group of deciduous trees. This genus' most famous member used to be considered an ornamental, but it is today considered one of the most aggressive, widespread invasive species in the world. A variety of silk is sometimes produced by silkmoths that live on the leaves of the ailanthus, though it is usually considered to be of inferior quality to traditional mulberry silk.
Picrasma
Picrasmacomprises six to nine species, native to temperate to tropical regions of Asia, and tropical regions of the Americas. The species are shrubs and trees growing up to 20 m tall.
Eurycoma
Eurycoma is a small genus of three or four species of flowering plants in the family Simaroubaceae, native to tropical southeastern Asia. They are small evergreen trees with spirally arranged pinnate leaves. The flowers are small, produced in large panicles.
Scientific Classification
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