PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Hoja, fruto.

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: Astringente, vulnerario.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: The chemical composition of the steam-distilled leaf/twig oils, which were produced from Psidium luridum (Spreng.) Burr. and P. incanum (Berg.) Burr, growing wild in Uruguay, were investigated by GC and GC/MS. The major constituents of both oils were 1,8-cineole (36.56% and 30.96% and linalool (12.38% and 11.50%) for P. luridum and P. incanum respectively

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: Brasil, Paraguay y NE de Argentina.

1) TOURSARKISSIAN, Martín. Plantas medicinales de Argentina : sus nombres botánicos, vulgares, usos y distribución geográfica. Buenos Aires : Hemisferio Sur, 1980, p.90.

2) ROSSINI, C.; DELLACASSA, E.; MOYNA, P. Comparative study of the leaf oils of Psidium luridum and Psidium incanum. Journal of essential oil research. 1994, vol.6, nº5, p.513-515 .