Uses: ound healing, ulcer.                                                 

Origin: Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.    

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Stem: The French Guiana Wayapi finely grate the inner bark in a pectoral decoction for colds and breathlessness.

Leaf: Decoction for fevers; crushed and rubbed on body for rheumatism, sprains, muscular pain and contusions. Used for headache, hypertension and whooping cough in NW Guyana.

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

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