dc.contributor.author | Ward, Arthur David | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2008-07-28T00:39:25Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2022-11-02T02:07:12Z | |
dc.date.available | 2008-07-28T00:39:25Z | |
dc.date.available | 2022-11-02T02:07:12Z | |
dc.date.copyright | 1962 | |
dc.date.issued | 1962 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://ir.wgtn.ac.nz/handle/123456789/28514 | |
dc.description.abstract | The term "quasia", as employed in the entomological and medical literature, may refer to either of two plants, both members of the family Simaroubaceae. Quassia amara Linn. (Surinam quassia) is a small shrub found in the West Indies and some South American tropical countries. The generic name of the plant is derived from the name of a negro, Quassi, who in the middle of the eightennth centure acquired a reputation for treating malignant fevers with an extract of the wood. This Surinam quassia is now largely replaced in use by Jamaica quassia (Quassia excelsa Swartz), which is a taller tree (one hundred feet or more) occurring more abundantly throughout the West Indies. | en_NZ |
dc.language | en_NZ | |
dc.language.iso | en_NZ | |
dc.publisher | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington | en_NZ |
dc.subject | Quassin | en_NZ |
dc.title | The Structure of Quassin and Neoquassin | en_NZ |
dc.type | Text | en_NZ |
vuwschema.type.vuw | Awarded Doctoral Thesis | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.discipline | Chemistry | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.grantor | Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.level | Doctoral | en_NZ |
thesis.degree.name | Doctor of Philosophy | en_NZ |