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'''''Quassia''''' is a [[genus]] in the [[family]] [[Simaroubaceae]]. Its size is disputed; some [[botanist]]s 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 [[tree]]s and [[shrub]]s. {{Inc| Quassia (from an aboriginal name). Simarubaceae. Trees, sometimes cultivated in the warmhouse. Leaves alternate, pinnate; lfts. alternate, entire, coriaceous: panicles axillary and terminal, elongated,branched; fls. subcymose-dioecious; calyx small, 5- lobed; petals 5; stamens 10 in the male, rudimentary in the female fls.; ovary sunken in the disk, deeply 5- parted: fr. 1-5 spreading sessile drupes.—About 5 species, Trop. Amer. and Trop. Afr. }} ==Cultivation== <!--- Type cultivation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Propagation=== <!--- Type propagation info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ===Pests and diseases=== <!--- Type pest/disease info below this line, then delete this entire line --> ==Species== Broader treatments of the genus include the following and other species: *''[[Quassia africana]]'' *''[[Quassia amara]]'' *''[[Quassia bidwillii]]'' *''[[Quassia indica]]'' *''[[Quassia undulata]]'' ==Gallery== {{photo-sources}}<!-- remove this line if there are already 3 or more photos in the gallery --> <gallery> Image:Upload.png| photo 1 Image:Upload.png| photo 2 Image:Upload.png| photo 3 </gallery> ==References== *[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963 <!--- xxxxx *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 --> <!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432 --> <!--- xxxxx *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608 --> ==External links== *{{wplink}} {{stub}} __NOTOC__
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