Uses: local pain.                                                 

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

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Origin
“Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil
Medicinal indication
- Against amenorrheas and dysmenorrheas:  Roots
- As expectorant, against bronchitis and coughs: Entire plant      

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

2) M.F. Agra; et al/ Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of “Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007), p. 393.