Article Nº 0552 Plant Vol. I · pp. 312–313
Bonina (Mirabilis divaricata)
Original title: Bonina. (Mirabilis divaricata)
The bonina (Mirabilis divaricata), a cultivated and naturalised plant in Madeira with variable, usually purple-violet flowers and a purgative root.
A plant of the family Nyctaginaceae, cultivated and naturalised in Madeira.
Its flowers are very variable in colour, but usually purplish violet, and its leaves are ovate-lanceolate or ovate, subcordate at the base. The root of this plant is purgative, but it is not used in Madeira.