Cecropia peltata

Traditional uses

Haiti

• Asthma
• Astringent
• Cough
• Diarrhea
• Emmenagogue
• Gonorrhea
• Herpes
• Wound
• Bronchitis
• Cardiotonic

Trinidad

• Bite(Snake)
• Cough
• Fever
• Flu
• Scorpion

Dominican Republic

• Blennorrhagia
• Callus
• Wart

Mexico

• Cardiotonic
• Caustic
• Chorea
• Diabetes
• Diuretic
• Hepatitis
• Nerves
• Obesity
• Poison
• Wart
• Asthma
• Dropsy

Uruguay

• Cardiotonic
• Diuretic

Cuba

• Corn

Elsewhere

• Dropsy
• Fumitory
• Liver

South America

• Dysentery

Martinique

• Wart

Jamaica

• Wart

West Indies

• Dysentery

Panama(Cuna)

• Medicine

French Guiana

• Wart

Brazil

• Wart