Origin
“Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil
Medicinal indication
Against respiratory and renal diseases, as diuretic: Roots
Against stomachic ulcers:  Stem pulp

M.F. Agra; et al/ Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of “Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007), p. 388.