MALUS INDICA
\mˈaləs ˈɪndɪkə], \mˈaləs ˈɪndɪkə], \m_ˈa_l_ə_s ˈɪ_n_d_ɪ_k_ə]\
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Ord. Rosaceae. The juice of this East India tree is cooling, and is drunk as a cure for fevers. The leaves, boiled and made into a cataplasm with rice, are famed in all sorts of tumours. The juice, mixed with arrack, is drunk for the cure of diarrhoea. The ripe fruit is eaten as a delicacy; and the unripe is made into a pickle fur the use of the table.
By Robley Dunglison
