andira

[The Brazilian name.] A genus of plants belonging to the Papilionaceous suborder. About twelve species are known, all tropical American trees of moderate height, with alternate equally pinnate leaves about a foot long, and axillary or terminal panicles of generally showy flowers. The fruit is one seeded, drupaceous, and in aspect like a plum. A. inerm is is the cabbage-tree of the West Indies. [CABBAGE-TREE. Its bark and that of A. retusa are anthelmintic. In small quantities it is drastic, emetic, purgative, and narcotic, while in larger doses it is actually poisonous. (Lindley: Veg. Kingd., p. 548.) IMG:content-0511.png:[blocks in formation] [In