AVICENNIA

(Lat.),n.f.?)-se’n(ke2n)ni?-a8, From Avicenna, the Arabian physician. Fr., avicennie. Ger.. Salzbaum. A Linnzean genus of evergreen verbenaceous trees belonging to the Avicennieæ, with opposite entire, oblong leaves, pubescent inferierly: inconspicuous axillary or terminal, closely packed flowers; and a one-seeded, compre ed, leathery fruit, enveloped in the calyx. [B, 19, 49.J—A. african a [Palisot de Beauvois]. A species growing in Guinea and Sene gambia, used like 4. to mentos a. [B, 173, 214.]—A. alba [Blume]. See ‘A. officinal is.—A. elliptic a fThunberg]. See 4. to mentos a.—A. Meyeri [Miguel]. See A. nitid a.—A. nitid a. Fr., paletuvier rouge (2d def.), Syn.: À. to mentos a [Meyer] (2d def.), A, J Grek [Miguel] (2d def.), Mangle laurocerasi foliis, etc. [Sloane] (2d def.). 1. Of Linnzeus, the courida; a species growing in tropical America, the bark of which is used in tanning. [B, 19.] 2. Of Jacquin, the mangue amarello (or blanco) of Brazil; the karnaboom of Snrinam, Brazil, Guiana, and the West Indies. [B, 214.]—A. officinal is [Linnæus]. Gis 4. res in if era [Forster], A. to mentos a [R. Brown], A. alba [Blume], Mangium album [Rumphius]. The Oepata of Rheede, the Upata of Adanson; a species growing in India, Java, southern China, New Holiand, New Zealand, eastern and northeastern Africa, and Madagascar, having oblong-i an ceo late, sub elliptical, or obovate, acuminate, acute, or obtuse, entire, coriaceous leaves. The branchlets and the inferior aspect of the leaves are tomentose, the lobes of the calyx are densely downy, the coroila tube is silky, and the fruit isdowny. A resinous gum exudes from it which is eaten b, the New Zealand ers. [B, 49, 192, 214.]—A. res in if era [Forster], A. resinosa [Linnæus|. ‘See A. oficinalis.—A. to mentos a [Lin næus]. Fr., manglier blanc. Syn.: A. elliptic a (Thunberg]. The white mangrove; a smail tree with obovate or oval leaves, siightly tomentose beneath, and smail, dingy-yellow terminal flowers. growing in various tropical countries, The leaves are used as forage for camels, a es, and sheep. The fruit-kernels are eaten after their bitterne has been destroyed by cooking. The wood is used for tooth-picks, being cons i lered very wholesome for the teeth and gums. The bark is employed in tanning. An aromatic resin which exudes from the trunk is called manawa by the natives of New Holland, who use it as a food. The red, odorle , mucilaginous root is used by the Arabs as an aphrodisiac. The green seeds, cooked with the leaves of Ipomæa campanulata, are employed to make emollient poultices. The A. nitid a and the A. officinal is have been inciuded in this epectes of which Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth described several varieties. [B, 49, 98, 172, 173, 214.]