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Botanical name:

Spondias mombin

Alternative names:

Hog plum, jobo, cajá, taperebá, ciruela amarilla, ubos

Main indications:

  • wound wash, in folk use
  • diarrhea and gut astringent, in folk use
  • fever, in folk use
  • joint discomfort, in folk use

Short characteristics:

Ubos is hog plum, Spondias mombin, an Anacardiaceae fruit tree of the Amazon and the wider lowland tropics. People eat the yellow fruit. Leaf and bark are the astringent folk materials: wound washes, diarrhea teas, fever drinks, joint rubs.

The old essay named Lippia. That is a different genus. Kill it. Leaves have abortifacient folk use — that is a pregnancy warning, not a gynecology protocol. It is not a tuberculosis medicine and not a hepatitis drug.

A common fruit tree with an astringent leaf is the whole story. This site sells nothing.

The usual way of use:

3 to 10 grams of dried leaf or bark cooked in about 0.7 liters of water for 20 minutes. Drink through the day. External wash: a stronger decoction.

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WARNING: Leaves are used in folk practice to induce childbirth. Do not use while pregnant. Not a TB medicine.

Composition

Tannins, phenolics, flavonoids. Not “essential oils like Lippia.” Sameh 2018 is a genus review of Spondias folk astringent and wound use plus lab pharmacology. Ogunro 2023 is a later pharmacology paper. Neither is a TB trial.

Traditional use

Tropical American fruit; leaf and bark as astringent wash and tea for wounds, diarrhea, and fever. Traditional TB talk in some lists is folk talk, not a protocol.

Precautions

Pregnancy: abortifacient folk use of the leaf. Anacardiaceae allergy is possible. Do not drink it as a lung or liver drug.

Opened studies

  • Ogunro et al. (2023). Spondias mombin pharmacology. Journal of Pharmacy and Pharmacology. Lab / review pharmacology, not a TB trial. PMID 36632807 · doi:10.1093/jpp/rgac086.

  • Sameh et al. (2018). Genus Spondias: a review. Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Folk astringent/wound use; lab pharmacology, not TB. PMID 29785194 · doi:10.1155/2018/5382904.