- Family:
- Simaroubaceae DC.
Quassia L.

[FTEA]
Simaroubaceae, Brian Stannard. Flora of Tropical East Africa. 2000
- Morphology General Habit
- Trees or shrubs
- Morphology Leaves
- Leaves pari- or imparipinnate or simple; leaflets usually with pitted glands in the upper (and sometimes lower) surface; nerves usually impressed or obscure when dry; rachis winged or terete
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Inflorescences
- Inflorescence a terminal or axillary raceme, panicle, thyrse or umbel
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers
- Flowers 4–6-merous, uni- or bisexual or polygamous
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Calyx
- Calyx usually lobed or more rarely closed in bud and rupturing irregularly
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Corolla
- Petals imbricate or contorted in bud
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Androecium Stamens
- Stamens with an adaxial, usually hairy, scale having a free tip
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Disc
- Disc annular to subcylindrical, very variable in size, sometimes partially enveloping the ovary
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Flowers Gynoecium Pistil
- Ovary of 4–6 carpels, carpels free or coherent; style 1 or styles coherent; stigmas stellately spreading or one single slightly lobed or capitate stigma
- Morphology Reproductive morphology Fruits
- Fruits 1–6 from each flower, drupaceous or woody, often compressed, bicarinate or not, sometimes very large.
Native to:
Belize, Brazil North, Brazil Northeast, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá, Trinidad-Tobago, Venezuela, Windward Is.
Introduced into:
Caroline Is., Congo, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Gulf of Guinea Is., Haiti, Jamaica, Jawa, Myanmar, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Vietnam
Quassia L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Apr 1, 1976 | Letouzey, R. [14624], Cameroon | K000094105 | No |
First published in Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 553 (1762)
Accepted by
- Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.
Literature
Flora of West Tropical Africa
- Engl. in E. & P. Pflanzenfam. 19A: 377 (1931).
- —F.T.A. 1: 312
Flora of Tropical East Africa
- G.P., ed. 6: 212 (1764)
- Noot. in Blumea 11: 514 (1962)
- Pierre in Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris 156: 1236 (1896)
- Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 1679 (1763)
- Sp. Pl., ed. 2: 553 (1762)
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Flora of Tropical East Africa
Flora of Tropical East Africa
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
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Kew Backbone Distributions
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