Leaf: Used to treat hemorrhages in NW Guyana.

Flower: Infusion for jaundice.

Fruit: Crushed pulp in cataplasm placed on forehead to remedy headache, on eyes for ophthalmia, and on all kinds of tumors.

Seed; Emollient, laxative; seed oil used as a vanishing cream for reddish blotches.

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Origin:
Native to Central America. Cultivated in warmer climate than that required for C. maxima.

Action:
Fruit—used in headache, bronchitis, asthma; as diuretic in genitourinary disorders; as anthelmintic against tapeworms. Dried pulp is administered in haemptysis.

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.