Note 2583 — Chapter XIII · EXPORTS FROM AFRICA AND THE EAST.
Reading edition
Dioscor. ii. 185. Bontius, In Ind. Archiat. de Medicin. Indor. p. 16. “The shrub which bears this spice is very pleasant to behold, of a light green colour, with white flowers tipped with purple, red at the extremities.” Nieuhoff, p. 266.