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Library · The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica, 1756

MOMORDICA 1–2. The smooth-leafed Cerasee; The hairy Cerasee.

Patrick Browne, p. 353. Transcribed from the page image on September 25, 2026, as printed.

Both these plants are frequently cultivated in Jamaica, and thrive very luxuriantly in most of the gardens about Kingston. The leaves boiled, and the decoction of the plant, are equally used to promote the lochiæ; the former by way of green, the other as an apozem; and are both reckoned very serviceable on those occasions.

The Latin names and synonyms printed under the two headings are not transcribed.