- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Bromeliaceae
- English Names
- Natural Habitat
- South America
- West Indies
- tropical Asia
- Indonesia
- Philippines and almost all tropical countries
- Part(s) Used
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- Constituent(s)
- Action
- antiscorbutic
- diuretic
- anthelmintic
- digestive
- refreshing
- discutient
- nutritive
- Juice of the unripe fruit is styptic
- powerful diuretic emmenagogue
- anthelmintic; in large doses abortive
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