Origin
Jamaica
Folk medicinal uses
Early writers comment on the mucilaginous nature of the young parts and mention its use for dysentery. Beckwith identifies mahoe as H tiJiaceus L. and says that boiled with Cissus sicyoides it is used for colds.
Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts I & II. – p. 18.