Wild Flowering Plants
Simaroubaceae family Picrasma excelsa (Swartz) Planchon, London J. Bot. 5: 574. 1846. Bas.: Quassia excelsa Swartz (1788). Sip amé Indigenous rare tree of deciduous and semi-evergreen seasonal forest, especially semi-open spots. Most common, Soufriere. Antigua, St. Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat, Guadeloupe, La Désirade, Marie Galante?, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Barbados, Greater Antilles, Mesoamerica, South America. Bitter bark which contains quassia used in commercial medicines. |