Aydendron firmulum.

Aydendron firmulum Nees. Lauraceae. Pichurim Bean. Toda Specie.

Brazil. The Portugese of the Rio Negro, a branch of the Amazon, gather the aromatic seeds, known in trade by the names of the pichurim bean and toda specie. The seed is grated like nutmeg.

Sturtevant's Edible Plants of the World, 1919, was edited by U. P. Hedrick.