spondias mombin
(Yellow Mombin)
Wood Use
- Windows / Doors
- Moldings / Panels
- Wood Boxes / Packaging
- Furniture / Cabinetry
- Decorative Carpentry
- General Carpentry
Pharmaceutical Use
Both the bark and flowers are used in folk medicine to make cure-all teas for digestive tract ailments, lower back pain, rheumatism, angina, sore throat, malarial fever, congestion, diarrhoea, urethritis, metrorrhagia, and as a contraceptive.
The bark is used in a remedy for gonorrhoea, to treat diarrhoea, coughs and colds, haemorrhages. stomach-aches and to alleviate fatigue. Plant extracts exhibit antibacterial properties, and a decoction of the bark or root bark is considered antiseptic.
The roots are regarded as febrifuge. An infusion is used to treat dysentery.
Leaf decoctions are used to treat diarrhoea, dysentery, colds, fevers and gonorrhoea. The leaves are also used in an abortifacient preparation. A decoction of the leaves and young stems is used as an eyewash in ophthalmia.
The flowers are cardiac and stomachic. A decoction is used in the treatment of laryngitis, ophthalmia and children’s diarrhoea. The fruit is mildly laxative. It is stewed and eaten to cure diarrhoea.
