PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Planta entera, frutos.  

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGICA= Pharmacological action: El fruto caliente en aplicaciones locales es calmante y madurativo, el jugo es diurético.

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA= Geografical zone: Uruguay, Caminos de Santiago. 

Uses:  Diabetic.                                                

Origin: Belize, Caribbean, China, Colombia, Ecuador, Honduras, Madagascar, Panama, Peru, United Sates, Venezuela.

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Root: Powdered and applied externally as well as taken internally to remedy bleeding; for asthma. Juice of root is employed in French Guiana for otitis and toothache. In Surinam, warmed fruit-paste is applied to painful joints.

Stem and Leaf: Leaves mixed with stem-bark for use as a dysentery remedy.
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Range. Africa and Asia. Widely cultivated in many countries.

Uses
Leaf: a stimulant.
Toxicity:
Narcotic
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Origin

Native to India; cultivated throughout India.

Action:

Fruit—recommended in liver complaints and for amenorrhoea. The fruit is reported to stimulate the intrahepatic metabolism of cholesterol, produces a marked drop in blood cholesterol level. Aqueous extract of fruit is reported to inhibit choline esterase activity of human plasma.

Root—antiasthmatic.

Leaves—toxic; used mostly externally for the treatment of burns, cold sores and abscesses.

Seeds—anticholesterolemic.

Toxicity:

Leaves—toxic; used mostly externally

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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
Fresh wounds, skin problems in babies: FL

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6) Jane Namukobe; et al. / Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011(136) p. 242.