The Collaborative International Dictionary
Krameria triandra
Krameria \Kra*me"ri*a\, prop. n. [NL. So called after the German botanists, J. G. H. Kramer & W. H. Kramer.] (Bot.) A genus of spreading shrubs with many stems, from one species of which ( Krameria triandra), found in Peru, rhatany root, used as a medicine, is obtained.
Krameria triandra
Rhatany \Rhat"a*ny\, Rhatanhy \Rhat"an*hy\, n. [Sp. ratania, rata[~n]a, Peruv. rata[~n]a.] The powerfully astringent root of a half-shrubby Peruvian plant ( Krameria triandra). It is used in medicine and to color port wine. [Written also ratany.]
Savanilla rhatany, the root of Krameria Ixina, a native of New Granada.