Chips of wood in oil are used for massage to cure vertebral pain. Bark structure has been studied by ROTH 1981, leaf structure 1984, fruit structure and dispersal 1987, leaf venation 1996.

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Parts Used: roots, barks, leaves                                                                                                    

Uses: irregular menses                                                 

Origin: Barzil.       

1) South American medicinal plants : botany, remedial properties, and general use / I. Roth, H. Lindorf. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2002. -- p. 492.

2) Bueno, Regina Norlene, et al., Acta bot. bras. vol. 19, no. 1, 2005. p.-- 39-44.