Vine. Stems are boiled with Hoffmania and Siparuna leaves and the tea is drunk during an illness to regain strength

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Chew Stick is still in use as a toothbrush and as flavouring for ginger beer. It has been used as a dentifrice and mouthwash, as a stomachic, to stimulate the appetite and for dropsy. Its composition is unknown.

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

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 24.