Calumba

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The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculuspalmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bittertaste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo,columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis,also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine asbitter tonic in place of calumba.