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出典:『Wiktionary』 (2025/11/15 15:17 UTC 版)
From the genus name translingual Quassia, named after Surinamese physician and botanist Graman Quassi.
出典:Wikipedia
出典:『Wikipedia』 (2011/07/18 19:20 UTC 版)
Quassia (
/ˈkwɒʃə/ or /ˈkwɒʃiə/) is a flora 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 Surinam slave Graman Quasi in the eighteenth century. He discovered the medicinal properties of the of the bark of Quassia amara.