Bucku, or BUCHU, a Hottentot name common to several small aromatic evergreen rutaceous shrubs of the genus Barosma (Diosma), natives of the Cape of Good Hope, the leaves of which (folia Buchu) have enjoyed considerable medical repute, especially as a diuretic.
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Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 2: Beaugency to Cataract, p. 514
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