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... > Eukaryota > Viridiplantae > Streptophyta > Embryophyta > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Simaroubaceae > Brucea

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Brucea  

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Scope note

  • A plant genus of the family SIMAROUBACEAE. Members contain bruceosides and bruceanols (quassinoids). The astringent seeds have been used to treat dysentery in southeastern Asia.

History note

  • 2003

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D032269

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