Origin:
A native of Peru and Brazil.

Action:
Diuretic (used for chronic inflammation of urinary passages, calculus affections, jaundice, dropsy); also for leucorrhoea, rheumatism. Tubocurarine alkaloid is used as tubocurarine chloride to paralyse body’s muscles during operations.

Toxicity:
The plant contains toxic derivatives and must be used in medicinal doses with caution.

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