430 POWDERED VEGETABLE DRUGS 



146. (Fig. 144.) PARACOTO. Paracoto. 

 Fl. ex. 60. 



False coto, E. Para-Coto, G. Ecorce de paracoto, Fr. 



Origin, as for coto, unknown. 



Deep cinnamon brown. 



Aromatic, recalling cinnamon; camphoraceous. 



Very pungent, bitterish. 



Histology nearly identical with that of coto bark. Brown granular 

 oil bodies are wanting. 



With concentrated or 40 per cent, nitric acid paracoto powder 

 turns yellowish, which gradually changes into a dirty yellowish olive 

 green, while coto turns a deep red. 



Paracoto is quite generally substituted for coto. Compare with 

 coto and also with Winter's bark. Paracoto is no longer obtainable . 



