geofroya, geoffræa, geoffrea

[Named after M. E. F. Geoffroy, author of a Materia Medica . He died in 1731.] Bot.: A genus of papilionaceous plants, tribe Dalbergiee. The leaves are pinnate, the fruit in drupes instead of proper legumes. The bark of Geoffroya vermifuga and G. spinulosa is anthelmintic. It has a disagreeable smell and a sweet, mucilaginous taste. The effects are drastic, emetic, purgative, ley.) and narcotic; in large doses it is poisonous. ( Lind