Simaroubaceae - syn.  Picraena excelsa Lindt., Aeschrion excelsa Kuntze; Jamaica quassia, **Jamaika-Bitterholz** 

"It is found in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Puerto Rico, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela." [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picrasma_excelsa]]


Bark extracts used similar to Quassia amara bark extracts, with quassinoids as bitter principle. [Quassinoid bitter principles. Polonsky, Judith. Fortschritte der Chemie Organischer Naturstoffe. Springer Vienna, 1973. 101-150.]