ABSTRACT

The plant is used as an anticoagulant, antidyspeptic, antipyretic, antitussive, cardiotonic, diaphoretic, fumigant, narcotic, stimulant, and stomachic (DAV). The fluid extract has been recommended in whooping cough. In China, seed extracts are used rectally for schistosomiasis. Guyanese use the astringent gum for sore throat. Brazilians apply the seed oil for buccal ulcers and earache. Black Caribs are said to use the fruits as an aphrodisiac (CRC). Brazilians make a cough pill by balling up the crushed seed. In Peru, seeds soaked in rum (alias “agiadiente”) are used by locals for snakebite, contusions, and rheumatism. Wayãpi Indians use the bark decoction as antipyretic baths; Palikur as fortifying baths for infants.