Graman Quassi: The African Slave Inwards Surinam Who Discovered Bitter (Quassia) Tonic For Treating Fever Without Side Effects

Graman Quassi, every bit good spelled Quacy, Kwasi, Kwesi too Quasi (ca. 1690 - ca. 1780) whose existent Fanti lift from Gold Coast (Ghana) was Kwasimukamba (Kwesi Mukamba) was a Surinamese healer, botanist, slave too later on freedman of the 18th century. He was renowned for beingness "absolutely the kickoff discoverer "of  the Quassia tonic. His lift Quassi was given to a found species "quassia" (bitter wood). Quassia amara (Amargo, Bitter-ash, Bitter-wood) is a species inwards the genus Quassia, amongst approximately botanists treating it every bit the sole species inwards the genus. Quassia amara is used every bit insecticide, inwards traditional medicine too every bit additive inwards the nutrient industry.

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