Traditional Herbs from Gustavia superba

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Prepare the bark of the membrillo stem, wash it thoroughly.
Boil it until it boils.
Strain it and drink it while it's warm.

What is Gustavia superba Looks like??

Parts of Gustavia superba that could be used

Leaves
Bark

Gustavia superba Distribution

Plants originating from northern South America to Northern Colombia to Costa Rica. The fruit of Gustavia superba is edible and is often cultivated as an ornamental and road shade plant because of its large, showy and fragrant flowers. The Ancient Indians used a boiled bark concoction as a medicine to relieve body aches.
Agroecology of Gustavia superba
The Gustavia superba plant likes high humidity, sunlight and soil with good drainage that dries quickly and is not waterlogged. It grows in humid lowland tropical areas, and is mostly found at altitudes below 600 m above sea level, although it also extends to more than 1,000 meters above sea level. In accordance with tropical temperatures, this plant is tolerant up to 35 °C or more. Prefers moist soil, rich in nutrients and humus, is also tolerant of soil with a slightly low pH or acidic soil and tolerates shade or shade.
Morphology of Gustavia superba

The stem is light brown in color and has rather thick skin and when it rots it smells very bad.
The leaves are arranged in circles, aka radiating, starting from the shoot down to the bottom of the palm-like leaf series. Leaf stalks measuring 5-150 x 1-9 mm, semi-circular cross-section or semi-circular. The leaves are ovate - obovate to oblanceolate with dimensions of 25-128 x 6-25 cm, hairy\u00a0or flat, the base is long cartaceous tapering to sharp or acute and cuneate, leaf edges serrated or serrate approaching serrulate, shoots acuminate (tapered) or cuspidate (rigid and sharp shoots), secondary veins in 16-36 pairs.
Flowers with inflorescences\u00a0cauline, racemose, puberulous, with 3-12 flowers, stalk or rachis length 10 - 64 mm, long pedicles 29 - 85 mm, connected by one ovate into oval or oblong basal bracts 1.8 - 4 x 1.5-5 mm and bearing at or below the center 2 ovates, cucullate bracteoles 1-6 x 1.5-5.5 mm, the latter often fused at the base to form a cup-like structure encircling the flower stalk or pedicel, the cup often having extrafloral nectaries which are not conspicuous in the axils only easily visible on young, picked flowers. Flowers 10-15 cm in diameter, petals or calyx are very thin, 4 lobes, petals or corolla between 7 - 8 - 9 pieces, oval obovate or oblanceolate, or oblong - oval, 33-67 x 12-37 mm, flat glabrous or puberulous, white with pink on the shoots and with pink spots all over. Androecial base 8-15 mm high, outer filament length 10-23 mm, yellow base pink at shoot, anthers measuring 2.5-4 mm, yellow. Ovaries smooth, puberolous, 5 - 6 locular, with 18-30 ovules per locule, puberulous on the shoot to size, 1-2 mm long.\u00a0
Pears are round, on the stem (cauliflorous). Inside the hard green shell are several large seeds about 4 cm in diameter. Its flesh is yellowish orange. Globose or round oval fruit 3-9 x 4-100 cm, the opercular part is concave below the surface of the fruit and the diameter is less than 1/2 the diameter of the fruit. The calyx or calyx forms a raised circular edge, round, the exocarp or exocarp is yellow when mature, and the mesocarp is orange.
Seeds are usually angular in cross-section 12 - 35 x 11 - 22 mm, the seed coat turns brown when mature, the aril is underdeveloped, yellow and the funicle is pointed.

Cultivation of Gustavia superba

Reproduces sexually by seeds and vegetatively by cuttings.
The seeds of this species are spread by many mammals, including white-faced monkeys, red-tailed squirrels, agoutis, and possibly pacas, collared peccaries, and spiny mice.

Gustavia superba, more details :

Chemical Content of Gustavia superba
Carotenoids, fatty acids.
Benefits of Gustavia superba
Ancient Indians used cooked stem bark concoctions as medicine to relieve body aches.
Simplisia of Gustavia superba

Prepare the membrillo leaves, wash thoroughly with running water then drain.
Dry in the sun or in an oven at\u00a040\u00b0C until the water content\u00a010%.
Choose using a blender until it becomes powder.
Store in a clean and airtight place.

Another Facts for Gustavia superba :

Synonym of Gustavia superba
Japarandiba superba (Kunth) KuntzePirigara insignis Kunth ex Hemsl.Pirigara superba Kunth
Habitus of Gustavia superba
Tree. Small annual tree, up to 2 m high
Habitat of Gustavia superba