Fruit: Sold for use as an aphrodisiac by the Surinam Chinese at Lelydorp.

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Origin:
Native to Malaysia; cultivated in South India for its edible fruit, in lower elevations of the Nilgiris and some parts of the West Coast.

Action:
Fruit—reduces lethality of alcohol.
Leaves and roots—used in a prescriptions for fever.
Leaves— used in medicinal bath during fever.
Fruit-walls—used externally for skin diseases.
Ashes of the skin— given after childbirth.

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

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