Note 286-1 — LETTER OF DR. CHANCA ON THE SECOND VOYAGE OF COLUMBUS
Reading edition
One would infer from this that it was the fruit of the manzanillo, which produces similar effects. (Navarrete.) On the Manzanillo (Manchineel), see Oviedo, lib. IX., cap. XII. He says the Caribs used it in making their arrow poisons.