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tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits

tropical southeast Asian shrubby vine bearing spicy berrylike fruits

The active principle is an essential oil- Oleum Cubebae, oil of cubebs-which is officinal in the Pharm. U.S. The properties of the cubeb are stimulant and purgative. It is used only in gonorrhoea. ‘Turkey yellow berries,'-the dried fruit of the Rhamnus Catharticus- are often substituted for cubebs.

A shrub indigenous to Java, Borneo, Sumatra, and parts of the East Indies; the source of cubeb.