PARTE UTILIZADA=USED PART: fruto

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA=PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTION: antiseptico y vulnerario

POSOLOGÍA=POSOLOGY: el jugo se usa como sicatrizante y el tomate pelado y machacado se usa como acondisionador facial

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA =GEOGRAFICAL ZONE: Argentina

Leaf: skin disease

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Uses: kidneys.                                                 

Origin: Bolivia, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Madagascar, Mexico, Panama, United States, Venezuela.   

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Leaf: Used in Surinam for treating incipient leprosy spots, in a mixture with castor oil. In a paste applied to filaria worm swellings on a painful groin.

Fruit: In Surinam, eaten to provide regular bowel movements. Contains vitamins A, B, C and D.

1) Plantas que curan. Buenos Aires: Ediliba, 1987.

2) Barret, Bruce Economic Botany vol. 48, nro. 1 .-- p. 8-20 1994

3) Geraldini , Isanete, Journal of Ethnopharmacology v. 173, 2015 . -- p. 383-423

4) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017