Diospyros digyna
Nota de aplicación
Species of handsome, broad-topped, slow-growing (to 80 feet (25 m) in height) tree native to eastern Mexico, Central America, and south to Colombia. It produces edible tomato-like fruit. It is used medicinally: the crushed bark and leaves are applied as a blistering poultice; the leaf decoction is employed as an astringent and is taken internally as a febrifuge; various preparations are used against leprosy, ringworm and itching skin conditions. …