ACHRAS

(Lat.), n. f. A?%k(a%ch?)’ra®s(ra®s). Gen., ach’rados, ach’rad is. Gr., äxpäs, the wild pear. A genus of trees of the natural order Sapotaceæ. Many of the species are included by some writers under the genus Sapotd. [B, 7, 19.|—A. Australis. See À. sapota. —A. balata [Aublet], A. di ect a [Linnæus]. A species growing in China, Manila, etc. The bruised leaves, mingled with ginger, are used externally in paralysis. The fruit is of the size and shape of that of the nettle-tree, and is of a pleasant taste when ripe; it promotes the appetite and facilitates digestion. (A, 344.]—A. mammosa. Fr., jaune d’œuf (a term applied also to some other plants), marmelade. Syn.: Lucuma mammosa [Ju ieu], Sapota mammosa, American marmatade, mammee, Jamaica bully-tree. A West Indian tree, the fruit of which is called natural marmalade, from its likene to quince marmalade. It furnishes Lucuma balata. According to Des cour tils, the milky juice of the tree is emetic and caustic, and is used in the West Indies for destroying warts. [A, 248, 316, 344.]—A. Miller i, A. Miillerl. A species indigenous to Guiana and Central America, yielding balata (a substance similar to gutta-perch a), of which urethral bougies have been made. [A, 316.) —A, nigra. See BUMELIA nigra.—A. salic i folia. Fr., dipholis à feuilles de saute. Syn.: Bumelia salicilifotia. A West Indian species, furnishing Galimata (or Galimeta) or white balata. [A, 316.J—A. aia inneeus]. From the Mexican name, cochitzapotl, (A, 248.) Fr., sapotillier, néjle d’ Amérique (the Guatemala name [A, 344)). Ger.. Breiapfel. [A, 316.] Syn.: Sapota achras (Mi The sapodilla plum-tree; a West Indian species, bear in, an edible fruit, the seeds of which are laxative and diuretic. [B, 74 According to Jacquin, the fruit is reped curative of strangury, A sort of odorous resin which surrounds the seeds is regarded as laxative and diuretic. Made into an emulsion with sugar and water, the seeds are given for gravel and renal colic. A fatty substance, of the consistence of butter, is obtained from them. [A, 344.] The bark (termed cortex jam a ice us is [A, 316)) is bitter and astringent, and has been used as a substitute for cinchona. It furnishes the alkaloid sapotine. (A, 217.]—A. sideroxylon. A Jamaica species, furnishing Neesberry balata. {A, 316.)—A. Tehicomame [Perrotet]. A Manila species, the fruit of which is very large. [A, 344.] —A. zapota, A. zapotu. See A. sapota.