Clima:
cálido y templado. Crece entre los 0 y los 2.000 metros sobre el nivel del mar.
Partes utilizadas:
hojas.
USOS MEDICINALES
Internos:
- Facilita la eliminación de orina y sirve para tratar infecciones urinarias
Externos:
- Sirve para bajar las fiebres palúdicas y las fiebres infantiles.
PRECAUCIONES
No exceder su consumo.
Tener cuidado con la dosis.

Origin

Jamaica

Folk medicinal uses

Under the name of Maranga, this species was pointed out to the authors as an ingredient of baths for fever and pain and of tea for colds. It seems possible that the common name used on this occasion was a corruption of Moringa transferred from M. oleifera. It was also said that the species is an excellent treatment for gonorrhoea. The same common name has been given on other occasions when it was said that the scraped root or the leaf is used in the treatment of kidney trouble, dropsy and jaundice. In this case it seems likely that not only the name but the uses had been transferred from Moringa. Under its usual vernacular name of quick stick it has been described to us as useful" as a cold cure. In Panama the leaves are applied as poultices to bruises, sores and erysipelas.

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Toxicity:
Avoid internally
Origin:
Mexico
Medicinal  properties:
- Fever
- Stomach upset
- Leaves are used as rodent poison

1) Asprey, G.F; Phylis Thornton/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III & IV. – p. 66.

2)Fundación secretos para contar/ Los secretos de las plantas: 50 plantas medicinales en su huerta. - Medellin: Colombia, 2014. - p. 82.

3) Armando González Stuart/ Plants Used in Mexican Plants Used in Mexican Traditional Medicine Traditional Medicine: Their Application and Effects In Traditional Healing Practices. - p. 120.