kantutay (lantana) explore

Edibility

· Fruit is eaten in Malay and Sierra Leone.

· Fruit used as flavoring.

· In some parts of India, leaves used as tea substitute.

Folkloric

· In the Philippines, decoction of fresh roots used as gargle for toothaches, and a decoction of the leaves and fruits to clean wounds.

· Decoction or syrup of roots (in sugared water) used for asthma.

· In Sinaloa, plant used for snake bites. Strong decoction of leaves taken internally and poultice of wounds applied to the wound.

· Influenza, cough, mumps, incessant high fever, malaria, cervical lymph node tuberculosis: use 30 to 60 gms dried roots or 60 to 120 gms fresh roots in decoction.

· Fever: Take decoction of bark or infusion of leaves and flowering tops as tea.

· Hemoptysis, pulmonary tuberculosis: use 6 to 9 gms dried flowers in decoction.

· Dermatitis, eczema, pruritus: use fresh stems and leaves.

· Rheumatism - Spread oil on leaves, warm over low flame and apply on affected part.

· Sprains, wounds, contusions: Use pounded fresh leaves applied as poultice.

· Leaf oil used for pruritic skin conditions and antiseptic for wounds.

· Decoction of plant used for tetanus, rheumatism, malaria.

· Decoction of fresh leaves used as gargle for toothaches.

· In Java, leaves applied to swellings; also used as lotion or fomentation for rheumatism.

· Decoction of leaves used internally as emetic.

· In West Africa, an aromatic infusion of the leaves and flowering tops, sometimes mixed with Ocimum, is used as febrifuge and diaphoretic.

· In Uganda, used to treat symptoms of tuberculosis.

· In Costa Rica, leaf infusion used as stimulant.

· Infusion of leaves used for bilious fevers and catarrhal affections.

· Lotions used externally for eczematous eruptions.

· Infusion of flowers used as pectoral for children.

· Tincture of bark used as tonic.

· Pounded leaves used as antiseptic for cuts, ulcers and swelling.

· Decoction of leaves and fruits used for wounds.

 

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