malpighIa

[MALPIGHIAN.] Bot.: The typical genus of the order Malpighi. aceæ (q v.). Calyx five-cleft, partly glandular; petals, five-stalked; stamens, ten, united in a tube; ovary, three-celled; fruit, fleshy, with three crested stones. The bark of Malpighia moureila , called also Byrsonima cra i folia , is used in Cayenne as a febrifuge. M. glabra is the Barb a does cherry of the West Indies. It is eaten, as is M. urens.