Barosma (barosma)

[NL., also Baryosma, smell, form ὀδμή, smell, odor, odor, odor.] A genus of shrubs, natural order Rutaceæ, natives of the Cape of Good Hope, po e ing a strong, heavy odor. The leaves of several species, as B. crenulata, B. serrati folia, and B. betulina, are largely used in medicine under the name of buchu, chiefly in disorders of the urinogenital organs. In Cape employed as a stimulant and stomachic.