Uses: wound healing, malaise, hypertension, dengue, local pain, fever, malaria, stomach, liver, hepattitis, menstrual cramps, congestion, flu.                                                 

Origin: Brazil.   

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Whole plant: Boiled with Hyptis pectinata, Mikania micrantha and Momordica charantia as a wash for piles. Decoction is employed to clean out the uterus; diuretic; tonic to strengthen the back. In a decoction with Heliotropium indicum for bed-wetting. Infusion for diarrhoea and heavy cramps.

Leaf and Flower: Cholagogue; infusion as an antidysenteric; decocted with salt or sugar in a preparation to dissolve renal calculi.

Leaf: Juice for thrush. In a plaster for wounds. Cooked in an infusion which is drunk to treat itches and skin diseases; for yaws.

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Origin:

Nigeria

Part used

leaves,root

Medicinal uses

wound,purgative

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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
Fresh wound:  FL

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

3) Abd El-Ghani1, Monier M./ Traditional medicinal plants of Nigeria: an overview: Agric. Biol. J. N. Am., 2016, 7(5): 220-247. - p. 232.

4) 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.