Bitter wood is a common name for several trees, all from the family
Simaroubaceae
The Simaroubaceae, also known as the quassia family, are a small, mostly tropical, family in the order Sapindales. In recent decades, it has been subject to much taxonomic debate, with several small families being split off. A molecular phyloge ...
, and may refer to:
*The genus ''
Picrasma'' of South & South-East Asia and the Caribbean, e.g. ''
Picrasma excelsa''
*''
Simarouba glauca'', native to Florida, the Caribbean, and Central America
*''
Quassia amara'', native to Central and South America
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