🕯️Santería & Afro-Cuban Medicine
Mango (Mango)
Mangifera indica
About Mango (Mango)
Mango (Mango) (Mangifera indica) is a herb used in the Santería & Afro-Cuban Medicine tradition to help with Fever, Digestive Issues, Diabetes, and Immune Support, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Mangifera indica, commonly known as mango, is a species of flowering plant in the sumac and poison ivy family Anacardiaceae. It is native to the Indian subcontinent, where it is indigenous and cultivated varieties have been introduced to other warm regions of the world. It is a large fruit-tree, capable of a growing to a height and crown width of about 100 feet and trunk circumference of more than twelve feet.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal