HERNANDIA, (Encycl.) The sonora is a native of Java, and other parts of the East Indies. It affords a sure antidote against poison, if you either put its small roots on the wounds or eat them; as was discovered to Rumphius by a captive woman in the war between the people of Macassar and the Dutch in the year 1667. The soldiers of the former always carry this root about them, as a remedy against wounds with poisonous arrows. The leaves of this tree are thick and smooth. Another tree like this, which likewise grew here, had not such thick and smooth leaves.