Contrayerba
Dorstenia contrajerva
About Contrayerba
Contrayerba (Dorstenia contrajerva) is a herb used in the Amazonian Plant Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Digestive Issues, Detox, and Snake Bite, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Dorstenia contrajerva or Snakewort is a species of herb in the Mulberry or Moraceae plant family. It is native to Northern South America and Central America, and is cultivated elsewhere. The species name "contrajerva" is the Latinized form of the plant's Spanish name, "contrahierba," a name for plants used for treating poisoning and venomous bites and stings, and for which its rootstocks are used in folk medicine (as contrayerva). It is the type species of the...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist