PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Planta entera.

ACCION FARMACOLOGICA= Pharmacological action: Antiinflamatorio, pectoral, astringente.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Chemicals ASCORBIC-ACID Fruit 150 - 835 ppm CRC ; ASH Fruit 6,000 - 33,335 ppm CRC ; BETA-CAROTENE Fruit: CRC ; CALCIUM Fruit 200 - 1,110 ppm CRC ; CARBOHYDRATES Fruit 152,000 - 844,445 ppm CRC ; FAT Fruit 400 - 22,220 ppm CRC Seed 248,000 ppm; CRC ; IRON Fruit 7 - 39 ppm CRC ; KILOCALORIES Fruit 640 - 3,555 /kg CRC ; NIACIN Fruit 14 - 78 ppm CRC ; PHOSPHORUS Fruit 480 - 2,665 ppm CRC ; POTASSIUM Fruit 3,410 - 18,945 ppm CRC ; PROTEIN Fruit 18,000 - 100,000 ppm CRC Seed 108,000 ppm; CRC ; THIAMIN Fruit 0.1 - 0.6 ppm CRC ; WATER Fruit 820,000 ppm; CRC ; ppm = parts per million tr = trace

ZONA GEOGRAFICA= Geografical zone: Argentina. 

DIVERSIDAD GENÉTICA Y MEJORAMIENTO DE PLANTAS MEDICINALES= Medicinal plants and improvement of medicinal herbs:

The chromosomes of 31 species of Passiflora, distributed throughout the subgenera Astrophea, Calopathanthus, Distephana, Dysosmia, Passiflora, Plectostemma and Tacsonia were analysed. Three different karyotypes were observed: 2n = 12, 24, 36; 2n = 18, 72 and 2n = 20. The karyotype of these species was almost always constituted of metacentric and submetacentric chromosomes with variable karyotype symmetry. In the group with x = 6, represented by the subgenus Plectostemma, six diploid species with 2n = 12, one tetraploid with 2n = 24 (P. suberosa) and an intraspecific polyploid with 2n = 12, 36 (P. misera) were analysed. P. pentagona (subgenus Astrophea) may also be included in this karyological group since it presents 2n = 24 and may be of polyploid origin, with x = 6. The interphase nuclei in this group were areticulate, except those of P. morifolia and P. pentagona with semi-reticulate characteristics. Two small terminal heterochromatic blocks, positive for chromomycin A3, were identified in the largest chromosome pair of P. capsularis and P. rubra, species very closely related, while P. tricuspis displayed four chromosomes with proximal blocks. In the group with x = 9, represented mainly by subgenus Passiflora, 20 species with 2n = 18 and one with 2n = 72 were studied. They presented chromosomes larger than those species with x = 6 and interphase nuclei of semi-reticulate type, except for P. mixta with areticulate nuclei. Four terminal CMA+ blocks were observed in P. edulis, six blocks in P. caerulea and P. racemosa, while five blocks were observed in the single P. amethystina plant analysed. P. foetida (subgenus Dysosmia), the only species with 2n = 20, exhibited six chromosomes with CMA+ blocks and interphase nuclei of the areticulate type. The meiotic analysis of representatives of the three groups (P. foetida, P. suberosa, P. cincinnata and P. racemosa) always presented regular pairing and regular chromosome segregation, except in P. jilekii where a tetravalent was observed. The analysis of the chromosome variation within the genus and the family suggests that the base number of Passiflora may be x1 = 6 or x1 = 12, whereas x2 = 9 is only an important secondary base number.

Whole plant: Fresh plant is boiled and the liquid used as a children's anthelmintic, for intestinal nematodes and flatworms. Decoction of dried plant drunk to treat colds and chest coughs. Used in the treatment of tuberculosis, worms, and for coughs and colds in NW Guyana.

Leaf: Infusion for healing wounds.

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Range. New World tropics. Native to the West Indies and northern South America. Naturalized in Myanmar.

Uses
Leaf: Used to treat asthma and hysteria.
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Origin

Native to America; found willd in Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Action:

Leaves and roots—emmenagogue, antihysteric.

Fruits— emetic. A decoction is used for biliousness and asthma (for expelling bile and cough).

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Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

The dry plant is used in some parts to make tea which is said to be 'good for the kidneys',

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Origin
“Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil
Medicinal indication
- Against blenorrheas: Entire plant
- Against hemorrhoids: Leaves

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

5) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

6) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p  467.

7) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 22.

8) M.F. Agra; et al/ Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of “Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007), p. 391.