Parts

Form

Name of the Medicinal system where it is used

Used for

References

Root

Infusion of the roots

Ethnomedicine of Nicaragua’s Atlantic Coast and Turkey

Used as stomachic to treat diabetics, ulcer; used as laxative to treat jaundice.

[16] [21] [22]

The juice of the roots

Ethnomedicine of Nepal

To treat cuts, wounds and boils.

Infusion of the roots

Malaya’s Indian ethnomedicine

Treatment of syphilis.

Extract of roots

Indian ethnomedicine

Used for demulcent and emollient action.

Leave

Leaves

Latin America

Remedies for tumour.

[16] [21]

Extract of leaves

Indian ethnomedicine

Extract of leaves mixed with egg albumin and applied on hair, which makes black and silky hair.

Flower

The decoction of the flowers

Indian ethnomedicine

Used for the treatment of bronchitis and pneumonia.

[17] [28]

Fruit

Infusion of the fruit mucilage

Indian ethnomedicine

For treating dysentery and diarrhoea in acute inflammation and irritation of the stomach, bowelsand kidneys catarrhal infections, ardour urinae, dysuria, diuretic, antipyretic, plasma replacement and gonorrhoea.

[16] [18] [19] [20]

A decoction of immature fruit

Indian ethnomedicine

Used for demulcent and emollient poultice.

Seed

Seeds

Indian ethnomedicine

Use as antispasmodic, cordial and stimulant; To treat spermatorrhoea.

[23] [24] [25] [26] [27]

Infusion of the roasted seeds

Indian ethnomedicine

Has a sudorific property.

Infusion of the roasted seeds

Turkish folk medicine

To treat diabetes mellitus by increased blood glucose level.

Seeds

Latin America

Remedies for tumor.