Also beebeeru, bibiri. [native name in Guiana.] The Greenheart Tree of Guiana (Nectandra Rodiæi or leucantha). Bebeeria, Bebeerine, also beber- bibir-, an alkaloid resembling quinine, yielded by the bark and seeds of this tree.
1851. Art Jrnl. Illustr. Catal., Sci. Exhib., IV. xv*/1. Quinine, beberine, morphine.
1875. Wood, Therap., 56. Bebeeria … as a substitute for quinia in malarial diseases.
