Algarobilla.

Botanical name: 

Algarobilla, the pod of Caesalpinia brevifolia, (Clos.) Benth. (Fam. Leguminosae), a drug containing over 60 per cent. of tannin and a quantity of ellagic acid, is obtained from Chili. (Gehe's Report, N. R., 1878, 332; J. Chem. S., 1891, 918.)


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