Uses: snakebite, diarrehea.                                                 

Origin: Belize, Colombia, China, India, Mexico, Panama, USA.     

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Leaf: Crushed in water for treating disturbances of childbirth, and as an emollient mucilage.

Flower: Infusion to treat phlegm in mucous membranes of chest.

Fruit: Juice of young fruit used to treat chest colds, and as eyedrops. Fruit crushed with the young leaves and used to wash hair and to treat dandruff. Young fruit in a remedy placed on bloody ulcers. Decoction for problems of womb or uterus. Boiled in milk for treating rheumatism. Pulp for sore eyes.

Fruit Toxicity: Aborttive     

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Range. Tropical Asia. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses

Fruit: Used as stomachic and emollient.

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Origin:
Native to tropical Africa; cultivated throughout India, up to 1350 m

Action:
Immature pods (decoction)— emollient, demulcent and diuretic (in catarrhal affections, ardor urine, dysuria, dysentery). Seeds—antispasmodic.

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3) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

4) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.