78 Ambaray.--or Ambara, a vegetable used by the poorer classes,
resembling Sunn (hemp.) When young, it is hot, heavy, and promotes
appetite; it is useful in flatulence, and loosens the belly: when
ripe it is sweet and cool, and increases seminal secretion. In the
Dunterie it is written, that it is oleaginous and astringent.