Picrasma andamanica
Bitter Ash
Picrasma excelsa
(Sw.) Planch. Species
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- Botanical name
- Picrasma excelsa
- Also known as
- Bastard Bough, Bitter Ash, Bitter-Ash, Bitterwood, Quassia, Wild Coffee
- Family
- Simaroubaceae
- Genus
- Picrasma
- Reference
- World Flora Online
How to grow Bitter Ash
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Other names for this plant
These names have all been used for Picrasma excelsa but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.
Aeschrion antillana
Aeschrion excelsa
Aeschrion excelsa var. microcarpa
Aeschrion medica
Muenteria excelsa
Picraena antillana
Picraena excelsa
Picrasma antillana
Picrita fraxinea
Quassia excelsa
Quassia pentandra
Quassia polygama
Rhus antillana
Simarouba excelsa
Others in Picrasma
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