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See also: alkaloid obtained from the bark and fruit of the See also: greenheart (q.v.) See also: tree, Nectandra rodiaei, called bibiru or sipiri in See also: Guiana, where the tree grows
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The substance was discovered about the See also: year 1835 by Hugh Rodie, a surgeon in See also: Demerara, who used it as a febrifuge in substitution for See also: quinine
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