| S/N | Part(s) used | Local names | Medicinal uses | Tribe/country of use | References |
| 1 | Fruit | Maja or bila | Soaked in water and used as pesticide | Indonesia | [11] | 2 | Fruit | Cujuba, Cuieira, Cabaça | Unripe pulp for respiratory ailments (asthma) and ripe one for inducing abortion | Brazil | [1, 29] | 3 | Fruit, leaves, and bark | Labu kayu | Usually boiled in water or alcohol for diseases management | Malaysia | [10] | 4 | Leaves | NS | High blood pressure | Trinidad and Tobago | [12] | 5 | Leaves and fruits | Jicaro | Internal abscesses, respiratory diseases, and for inducing child birth | Mexico (Yucatan and Antilles) | [23] | 6 | Fruit | Toyumo | Unripe one is used for curing patients bitten by snake | Colombia | [24] | 7 | Fruit | Miracle fruit | Inflammation, diarrhoea, and hypertension | Philippines | [13] | 8 | Whole plant | Totumo | The decoction made from it is used against flu | Bolivia | [26] | 9 | Whole plant | Güira | The plant in various formulations is used for cold and catarrh, asthma, stomach troubles, intestinal parasites, and female infertility problems | Cuba | [27] | 10 | Whole plant | Boan-gota | Cancer, pneumonia, snakebite, itching, pneumonia, abortifacient, virility, and alopecia | Bangladesh | [6] | 11 | Whole plant | NS | Diabetes | Cote-d’Ivoire | [28] | 12 | Fruit | Dao Tien | Used dried as expectorant, antitussive, stomach, and laxative | Vietnam | [30, 31] | 13 | Leaf | Higueron | Curing belly button following birth | Peru | [5] | 14 | Bark | Cujuba, Cuieira, Cabaça | Decoctions made from it are used for wound healing and diarrhoea | Brazil | [1] | Leaves | Used as a poultice for headaches, treatment of hematomas, and tumours as well as diuretics | 15 | Stembark, and fruit pulp | Osisi mkpo or Oba, Igi igba, Uko, Ugbuba, Gumbusi mboro | Antitussive | Nigeria | [32] |
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