Musk-plants.

Musk-plants. Various parts of a number of plants smell more or less strongly of musk. Among these are the common little Musk-plant (see MIMULUS) and the Musk-seed (see HIBISCUS). The musk-tree of Jamaica (Moschoxylum Swartzii), belonging to the natural order Meliaceae, emits from all parts a smell of musk. All parts of Guarea grandifolia, another tree of the same order, a native of the West Indies, sometimes called musk-wood, also smells strongly of musk.—The drug called Musk root or Sambul is the root of a plant of the natural order Umbellifere, and is brought from Persia or central Asia; it has a pure musky odour, and is used as a substitute for musk.