is very frequent, often found on the Antilles from 1-1000 m. It is used as a plaster to remove callous layers of the skin. A decoction of the bark and the leaves helps against fainting (GENTRY 1992B).

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