Plant organ

Preparation

Use

Leaf

Fresh

Wrap and flavor meat for cooking, livestock fodder, silkworm food, topical burns, headaches, fever

Tea

Malaria, febrifuge, analgesic

Poultice

Tuberculosis, sprains, deep bruising, rheumatism, fever, stings from stonefish, bone fractures, dislocations

Extract

Hypertension, bleeding caused by a bone puncture.

Stomach ache, fractures, diabetes, loss of appetite, urinary tract ailments, abdominal swelling, hernias, Vitamin A deficiency

Vapor when broken

Sties

Fruit

Unripe

Sores or scabs around or in the mouth

Ripe

Famine food, sore throat gargle (mashed), peeling or cracking of the toes and feet (crushed), body or intestinal worms, cuts, wounds, abscesses, mouth and gum infections, toothaches, appetite and brain stimulant, pig food

Poultice

Boils, carbuncles, tuberculosis, sprains, deep bruising, rheumatism

Oil

Stomach ulcers

Extract

Hypertension

Stem

Canoe parts, paddles, axe and adze handles, digging sticks, firewood, red pigment

Decoction of bark

Jaundice

Extract

Hypertension

Seed

Oil

Scalp insecticide, insect repellent

Flowers

Sties

Roots

Carving, yellow pigment,

Juice

Badly infected cut

All Parts of the Plant

Laxative