Picrasma

Picrasma
See quassia. [L., fr. G. pikrasmos, bitterness]

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Pi·cras·ma (pi-krazґmə) a genus of tropical trees of the family Simaroubaceae. P. excelґsa (Sw.) Planch. is the bitterwood or Jamaica quassia, source of the medicine quassia.

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  • Picrasma — (P. Bl.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Zanthoxyleae, gehört zu Zanthoxylon Kunth.; Art: P. javanica …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Picrasma —   Picrasma …   Wikipedia Español

  • Picrasma — Bitterholz Bitterholz (Picrasma quassioides) Systematik Kerneudikotyledonen Rosiden …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Picrasma — taxobox name = Picrasma image caption = Picrasma quassioides regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Simaroubaceae genus = Picrasma genus authority = Blume|… …   Wikipedia

  • Picrasma — noun small genus of deciduous trees of tropical America and Asia • Syn: ↑genus Picrasma • Hypernyms: ↑rosid dicot genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Simaroubaceae, ↑family Simaroubaceae, ↑quassia family …   Useful english dictionary

  • Picrasma — ID 63751 Symbol Key PICRA2 Common Name picrasma Family Simaroubaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution PR, VI Growth Habit N/A …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • PICRASMA QUASSIOIDES BENN. - ПИКРАСМА КВАССИЕВИДНАЯ — Picrasma quassioides Benn. Пикрасм. см. 523. Кустарник. P. quassioides Benn. П. квассиевидная Pl Jav. rar. (1838) 201. Burkill (1935) 1723. Бокарева (1959) 290. S у n. P. ailanthoides Planch.; P. japonica A. Gray. P а с п р. Ю. В. Аз. от Гималаев …   Справочник растений

  • Picrasma quassioides — taxobox name = Picrasma quassioides image caption = Foliage and immature fruit, Japan regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Simaroubaceae genus = Picrasma… …   Wikipedia

  • Picrasma excelsa — taxobox name = Picrasma excelsa status = VU status system = IUCN2.3 regnum = Plantae unranked divisio = Angiosperms unranked classis = Eudicots unranked ordo = Rosids ordo = Sapindales familia = Simaroubaceae genus = Picrasma species = P. excelsa …   Wikipedia

  • Picrasma excelsa — noun West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia • Syn: ↑Jamaica quassia, ↑bitterwood, ↑Picrasma excelsum • Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Picrasma, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • Picrasma excelsum — noun West Indian tree yielding the drug Jamaica quassia • Syn: ↑Jamaica quassia, ↑bitterwood, ↑Picrasma excelsa • Hypernyms: ↑bitterwood tree • Member Holonyms: ↑Picrasma, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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