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Picrasma

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Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

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'Picrasma' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/picrasma/). Accessed 2024-12-04.

Family

  • Simaroubaceae

Species in genus

Glossary

axillary
Situated in an axil.
family
A group of genera more closely related to each other than to genera in other families. Names of families are identified by the suffix ‘-aceae’ (e.g. Myrtaceae) with a few traditional exceptions (e.g. Leguminosae).

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Credits

Article from Bean's Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles

Recommended citation
'Picrasma' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.org/articles/picrasma/). Accessed 2024-12-04.

Picrasma

Picrasma quassioides is noted for excellent autumn colouring (Bedgebury National Pinetum, UK, October 2020). Image John Grimshaw.

A genus of about six species in E. Asia and the S.W. Pacific, mostly tropical or subtropical in distribution. It belongs to the same family as Ailanthus, differing in the axillary inflorescences and fleshy fruits. The specific epithet of the species described here refers to its resemblance to Quassia amara, which is the source of the intensely bitter quassia wood.

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