Plant |
Family | Arum family (Araceae) |
English |
Caladium, Fancy-leaf caladium, Fancy-leaved caladium, Heart-of-jesus, Two-colored caladium |
Latin |
Caladium bicolor (Aiton) Vent., Caladium sororium Schott, Caladium bicolor Vent. |
Plantparts | Aerial part, Corm, Cortex, foliage, Inner bark, Roots, Unspecified |
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Ungrouped Diseases & Uses |
against Botfly laerva, Antidepressant, Antidepressive, Antiulcer, Birthmark, Birthmarks, Botfly Larva Expulsion, childhood disease, Children's Diseases, constipation, Costive, Costiveness, Depression, disease of infancy and childhood, Dyschezia, Dyssynergic defaecation, Enteritis, usually in children, eye trauma, Facial skin blemishes, gastrointestinal, Gastrointestinal disorder, Numerous maladies in children, Pterygium, sores, Traumatic injury, Ulcerous sores, ulcers, Wound, wound care, wounds, wound treatment |
Other uses |
Bed bugs, Cimicidae, driving out bedbugs, vermin |
Religion, Magic & Witchcraft |
Magic, magic power, magic use, Witchcraft, Witchery |
Veterinary uses |
Veterinary: destroy vermin on sores of cattle |
Local (Geographical) use |
Phytomedical used in French Guiana, Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana) |
Ingredients |
| | calcium oxalate, starch |
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