318 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



76. (Fig. 85.) CUBEBA. Cubeb. U. S. 

 Fl. ex. 60. Tinct. 30. 



Kubeben, G. Cubebe, poivre a queue, Fr. 



The unripe fruit of Cubeba Cubeba L. fil., Piperaceae. 



Deep dark brown; somewhat oily, granular. 



Characteristically aromatic; somewhat camphoraceous. 



Pungent, quite bitter. 



Thick- walled, very porous sclerenchyma cells; some sclerenchyma- 

 tous tracheids; endosperm cells with minute simple spherical starch 

 granules; larger, somewhat elongated cells, containing oil. 



Ash 7 per cent. 



Powder deteriorates rapidly. Adulterated with cubeb stems (indi- 

 cated by the presence of small parenchyma cells and abundance of 

 vascular tissue and tracheids); black pepper and other fruits of the 

 Piperaceae; Rhamnus Cathartica fruit, Juniper communis fruit, allspice; 

 powdered nut shells, etc. 



