BASTARD Flower-fence. See ADENANTHERA.—The flowers of this plant bruised and steeped in milk are said to be gently anodyne; for which purpose they are often given in the West Indies to quiet very young children. The leaves are used instead of fena in Barbadoes and the Leeward Islands. In Jamaica, the plant is called fena.
BASTARD Flower-fence
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