Herb. Succulent stems and leaves are applied to skin to treat burns and snakebites (C-CR). Hazlett 5170, MO.

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Uses: dehydratation, wound healing, local pain, poor digesttion, column, inflammation, urinary congestion, diuretic, cleanse the kidneys. kidneys.                                                 

Origin: Argentina, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Caribbean, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.

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Whole plant: The Surinam Tirio use a decoction of the crushed plant as a wash for stomachache, and to wash the genitalia of persons with gonorrhoea.

Leaf: Decoction as a wash to treat coughs. Leaves are boiled and the water drunk as an anti-asthmatic, by the Guyana Patamona.

1) Hazlett, Donald L. Economic Botany, v. 40 no.3 1986. -- p. 339-352

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

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