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Croton Eleutheria

This plant furnishes cascarilla bark, used as an aromatic bitter tonic, having no astringency. It has a fragrant smell when burnt, on which account it has been mixed with smoking tobacco.

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This plant furnishes cascarilla bark, used as

an aromatic bitter tonic, having no astringency. It has a fragrant

smell when burnt, on which account it has been mixed with smoking

tobacco.



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