Stem: The French Guiana Palikur use leafy branches in a decoction drunk by women having too copious menses.

Leaf: In a decoction to cicatrize old wounds; infusion is antidysenteric and antispasmodic; macerated in cold water for a woman's antiseptic genital bath to remedy haemorrhaging. Infusion used to treat stomachache and as an enema in French Guiana.

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Said. by Beckwith. to be used to make tea.

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

2) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p.