Uses: diabetic, hypertension, flu, kidneys.                                                 

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

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Fruit: In a syrup for bilious fever; syrup for an excellent antiscorbutic. Used to treat cracks in feet in NW Guyana.

Origin: Plant introduced from the East Indies to French Guiana.

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Range. Malay region; cultivated and often naturalized in the tropics. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Fruit: Used for bleeding piles and fever.
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Origin:
Native to Malaysia; cultivated throughout the warmer parts of India, especially in Kerala.

Action:
Root—antidote in poisoning.
Leaf and shoot—applied externally in ringworm, scabies, chickenpox. Flower—vermicidal.
Fruit—laxative, antidysenteric, antiphlogistic, febrifuge, antiinflammatory, antispasmodic (used in hepatic colic, bleeding piles).
Seeds—galactogenic; in large doses act as an emmenagogue.

Toxicity:
Seed: in large doses causes abortion

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

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.