Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Simaroubaceae > Picrasma > Picrasma quassioidesPicrasma quassioides (nigaki)Synonyms: Nima quassioides (homotypic); Picrasma ailanthoides; Picrasma ailanthoides dasycarpa; Picrasma ailanthoides var. dasycarpa; Picrasma japonica; Picrasma quassioides f. dasycarpa; Picrasma quassioides var. dasycarpa; Picrasma quassioides var. quassioides; Rhus ailanthoides; Simaba quassioides (homotypic); Zwingera quassioides Picrasma quassioides (Picrasma; Chinese: 苦樹 ku shu, Japanese: ニガキ nigaki "bitterwood"; also India Quassia, Quassia Wood, Shurni, Quassia-wood, or Quassiawood; syn. P. ailanthioides) is a species of Picrasma native to temperate regions of southern Asia, from the northeast of Pakistan east along the Himalaya and through southern, central and eastern China to Taiwan and Japan. |
| Edible [1] | May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details. | | Flower Type [1] | Hermaphrodite | | Leaf Type [1] | Deciduous | | Structure [1] | Tree | | Usage [1] | The bark is used as an insecticide; Another report says that it is the wood that is used; It is a substitute for the insecticide quassia, which is obtained from the wood of a tropical tree; Quassia is a relatively safe organic insecticide that breaks down quickly and is of low toxicity to mammals. It has been used as a parasiticide to get rid of lice, fleas etc.
Wood - hard, fine and close grained. Used for mosaic, utensils etc; |  | | Height [1] | 33 feet (10 m) | | Width [1] | 23 feet (7 m) |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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