Origin
“Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil
Medicinal indication
- Against bronchitis and coughs: Tubers
- Against rheumatism and as anti-inflammatory:  Tubers
- As laxative, purgative and carminative: Tubers and seeds

M.F. Agra; et al/ Medicinal and poisonous diversity of the flora of “Cariri Paraibano”, Brazil/ Journal of Ethnopharmacology 111 (2007), p. 389.