PARTE UTILIZADA= Used part: Tubérculo.

ACCIÓN FARMACOLÓGiCA= Pharmacological action: Antiinflamatorio y analgésico.

COMPOSICIÓN QUÍMICA= Chemical composition: Una investigación fitoquímica preliminar , reveló la presencia de esteroides, terpenoides, fenoiodes y saponinas y ausencia de alcaloides, quinonas y taninos.

ZONA GEOGRÁFICA= Geografical zone: República Dominicana.

Vine, pathside, San Andrés.

Uses: mash root, press around bone fractures or large wounds, wrap with cloth to set bones. Comerford 47, 30 Jul 1994.

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Leaf: Liquid from ground leaves is used as an external wash to make skin and hair supple, due to a viscous substance. Leaf is eaten for the viscous substance which refreshes and remedies inflammations of the intestines.

1) 270 (doscientos setenta) plantas medicinales iberoamericanas. Santiago de Bogotá : CYTED-SECAB, 1995, p. 171.

2) COMERFORD, Simon C. Economic Botany. vol. 50 . -- p. 327 - 336 1996

3) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.