Plants · La Saladita, Guerrero

Quassia

Quassia amara

Spanish: Cuasia de Jamaica

Quassia (Quassia amara)
Photographed by soulbiol on iNaturalist · CC-BY-NC

Quassia amara, also known as amargo, bitter-ash, bitterwood, or hombre grande is a species in the genus Quassia, with some botanists treating it as the sole species in the genus. The genus was named by Carl Linnaeus who named it after the first botanist to describe it: the Surinamese freedman Graman Quassi. Q. amara is used as insecticide, in traditional medicine and as additive in the food industry. Most often recorded in Feb, Mar, Apr.

TaxonomyMagnoliopsida › Sapindales › Simaroubaceae
Local records5 research-grade observations within about 50 km of La Saladita (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones)
Global records561 on iNaturalist
Recorded here2022 – 2026
Months recorded near La Saladita
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Recent local sightings

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Cite as: “Quassia (Quassia amara) at La Saladita”, La Saladita Field Guide, lasaladita.com/species/quassia-amara/, updated 2026-09-26. Observation counts and months come from iNaturalist research-grade records within about 50 km of 17.8375°N, 101.7606°W (the survey box also takes in Zihuatanejo, Ixtapa and Troncones); summary text from Wikipedia where present.