Herb 90 cm, scrub vegetation, outskirts of San Andrés.

Uses: place leaves on body for aches, on forehead for fevers; boil leaves in water and bathe for aches; chop leaves, boil in water with leaves of other species, bathe for skin rashes or rheumatism; boil leaves in water with apical meristems, drink for stomachaches; crush root, chew for toothache. Comerford 14, 30 Jun 1994.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Said by Steggerda to be applied to sores and used for women in labour. Fawcett and Rendle quote from Descourtils its use by negroes as an antidote and Etomachic.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

The use of this plant to make a general beverage is confirmed. In Maya medicine the plant is a frequent ingredient in baths and lotions for pains. pulmonary tuberculosis. chills and fever. convulsions and fainting. The decoction is also drunk to hasten the afterbirth. The plant is also used in Maya remedies for jaundice and biliousness.

1) COMERFORD, Simon C. Economic Botany. vol. 50 . -- p. 327 - 336 1996

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 11.

3) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p. 54.