Tree 6.1 m, dooryard garden, San Andrés.

Uses: roast leaves, rub between hands, rub juice into legs and feet for rheumatism; crush leaves, rub into skin for aire or viento. Comerford 111, 31 Oct 1994.

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Uses: skin cancer, blood depurative, swollen legs, hypertension, rheumatism, infection in the kidneys.                                                 

Origin: Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, United States, Venezuela.

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Aches & body pains (including head-aches): Stinging leaves pressed onto affected region

Origen: Crece en América Central, Sur América y las Antillas.

Usos:
Emenagogo; desinflamatorio catarral de la mucosa; hemostático; actúa contra las infecciones de los riñones; alivia las quemaduras; combate la Tiña;

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

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

3) Quesada Hernàndez, Alonso/ Herbario nacional de Costa Rica. Costa Rica: Arena Trans Amèrica, 2008. - p. 61

4) Quesada Hernàndez, Alonso/ Herbario nacional de Costa Rica. Costa Rica: Arena Trans Amèrica, 2008. - p. 61