Evodia. Evodia febrifuga.

Evodia.—Several species of this rutaceous genus are stated, to have medicinal properties. Evodia febrifuga St. Hil (Esenbechia febrifuga A. Juss.) of Brazil is astringent and tonic, E. meliaefolia Benth. of Japan contains berberine, while E. longifolia A. Rich. of the Fiji Islands is used to prevent abortion.


The Dispensatory of the United States of America, 1918, was edited by Joseph P. Remington, Horatio C. Wood and others.