Leaf, whole plant: asthma, cough, headache, menstrual illnesses, snakebite, uncooked mashed plant applied directly to wounds, whole plant boiled, tea drunk "to open the lungs," "to stop the pressure" when you can't breathe for a cold"

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Whole plant: Plant is boiled, and the water drunk as a medication for colds, or the plant is chewed for the same purpose, by the Guyana Patamona. Plant is boiled, and thw water drunk as an antimalarial, as a diuretic or as a treatment for biliousness, by the Guyana Patamona.

Leaf: Used in a refreshing salad. Leaves are boiled, and the water drunk as a remedy for jaundice, by the Guyana Patamona.
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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
Induction of labour: FL

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

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

3) Jane Namukobe; et al. / Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011(136) p. 240.