{"tema_id":"10781","string":"Spondias purpurea L.","created":"2017-02-17 16:33:55","code":null,"notes":[{"@type":"Nota de alcance","@lang":"en","@value":"Tree 9m, secondary forest, outskirts of San Andr\u00e9s. \nParts used:\u00a0 Leaf, fruit\/juice from fruit \nUses: boil leaves in water, bat he cuts, wounds, or skin rashes. Comerford 53, 22 Aug 1994.\nUsed to combat fever\n--------------------\nStem: Shoots are astringent.\n\nFruit: Ingredient in a laxative marmalade.\n\nSeed: Toxic.\n---------------------\n\nOrigin\nJamaica\nFolk\nmedicinal uses\nThe\nleaves are sometimes boiled with those of hog plum (S. monbin) to\nmake a cold remedy. In Maya medicine they have been used in baths for\nskin diseases. The Mayas also utilised the tender shoots to treat gum\ninfections and the bark as a remedy for dysentery."},{"@type":"Nota bibliogr\u00e1fica","@lang":"en","@value":"1) COMERFORD, Simon C. Economic Botany. vol. 50 . -- p. 327 - 336 1996\n2) Barret, Bruce Economic Botany vol. 48, nro. 1 .-- p. 8-20 1994\n3) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)\/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017\n\n4) Asprey,\nG.F; Phylis Thornton\/ Medicinal plants of Jamaica. Parts III &\nIV. \u2013 p. 49."}]}