Tree 6-12 m tall; petioles 10-18 mm long; leaf blades 6-16 cm long, 3-6 cm wide, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, main veins 12-16 pairs, prominent beneath; inflorescence of axillary, pedunculate cymes, the peduncles mainly 3-7 cm long; flowers white, 6-10 mm wide; calyx 4-lobed; fruit dark purple at maturity, globose, 5-7 mm thick.

Analgesic, anesthetic, anticonvulsant, antioxidant, antipyretic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, candidicide, carminative, depurative, digestive, fungicide, hypotensive, irritant, larvicide, parasiticide, rubefacient, stimulant, stomachic and tonic.

Floridata
PIER

1,8-cineole, alpha-selinene, alpha-terpinene, ascorbic acid, beta-carotene, caryophyllene, chavicol, gamma-terpinene, methyl-chavicol, methyl-eugenol, myrcene, niacin, p-cymene, terpinolene (leaf); alpha-humulene, alpha-phellandrene, alpha-pinene, delta-3-carene, delta-cadinene, limonene, malic acid, riboflavin, terpinen-4-ol, thiamin (fruit); alpha-terpineol, beta-elemene, beta-phellandrene, beta-pinene, beta-selinene, caryophyllene-oxide, cinnamaldehyde, geranyl-acetate, isoeugenol, methyl-benzoate, trans-anethole (plant); eugenol (fruit, leaf)

To treat arthrosis, athlete’s foot, bruise, candidiasis, cold, colic, corns, cramps, diabetes, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea, dyspepsia, fatigue, fever, gastric disorders, gingivosis, high blood pressure, mycosis, neuralgia, rheumatism, toothache, vaginosis.