Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Traditional uses

  • Burn

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Cancer(Nose)

    Tradition: Venezuela

  • Cicatrizant

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Medicine

    Tradition: Venezuela

  • Sore

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Tumor

    Tradition: West Indies

  • Analeptic

    Tradition: Haiti

  • Polyp(Nose)

    Tradition: West Indies

Chemicals

  • ALUMINUM

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 5.3 to 16.6

  • ASCORBIC

    Plant part: Plant

  • BORON

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0.9 to 6.5

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 950 to 17800

  • CALCIUM

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 59 to 4000

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 33 to 327

  • BETA-CAROTENE

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 0 to 0.6

  • COPPER

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 1.9 to 14

  • FAT

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 1000 to 9000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Leaf. Amount: 21000 to 208000

  • FIBER

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 6000 to 28000

  • IRON

    Plant part: Root. Amount: 3 to 27