Guarumo
cecropia obtusifolia
Guarumo
cecropia obtusifolia
Cecropia obtusifolia Berthold Fam. Moraceae.
It is
a
plant with medicinal use reported from the center to the southeast of the country, mainly for its application in cases of
diabetes
, where treatment is to use the infusion of leaves, stems, bark or root as water usage. For discomforts of blood pressure and to treat
kidney
problems
, it is recommended the cooking of this plant for its ingestion fasting for at least
a
week. It also receives extensive use against pickets
Alacran
and ants and excessive salivation, which should wash the affected part with the cooking of the leaves, previously sweetened with honey. In cases of warts is applied directly against the latex and burns it is recommended to grind the road with baby oil or boiled in salt for application in bathrooms and building or as cataplasms.
Tree up to 20 m tall,
straight
stem and hollow, with large - shaped leaves outstretched hand. The flowers are separated by white pelillos; its fruits have
a
small seed. He lives in warm climates, and semi tempered, and grow in the tropical
evergreen
forest, superennifolia, deciduous and subcaducifolia; Xeric scrublands and mountains and cloud forests of
oak
.
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