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‖ jaborandi
(dʒæbəˈrændɪ, prop. ˌdʒaboranˈdiː)
[Tupi-Guarani jaburandí, also jaburandiba (iba plant, tree).]
The dried leaflets of a Brazilian plant Pilocarpus pinnatifolius, family Rutaceæ, having diuretic and sudorific properties. Also applied to other plants having similar properties.
1875H. C. Wood Therap. (1879) 513 Jaborandi. This drug, which has long been employed by the natives of South America, received its first notice, under the various names of Jaborandi, Jaguarandy, and Jamguarandi, from Dr. T. J. H. Langgard in his ‘Diccionario de Medecina domestica’, Rio Janeiro, 1865. 1875Pharmac. Jrnl. 18 Sept. 227. 1877 Roberts Handbk. Med. (ed. 3) I. 35 Jaborandi might prove serviceable in some cases. |