Quassia

Name:
Quassia
Detailed information:
(bitter ash; bitterwood).

Properties:

White to bright-yellow chips or shavings; very bitter taste.

Derivation:

The wood or bark of Picrasma excelsa or Quassia amara.

Use:

Decoction or tincture as a fly poison, surrogate for hops, medicine (anthelminthic), hair lotion, flavoring, alcohol denaturant.