Łódź, Botanical Garden

Possibly originated from the Middle East. Ornamental plant. Pot plant. Edible plant - fruits raw or cooked, sweet and succulent, a fully ripe specimen is an exquisite fruit that almost literally melts in the mouth. herbal plant - a decoction of the leaves is stomachic; the leaves are also added to boiling water and used as a steam bath for painful or swollen piles; the latex from the stems is used to treat corns, warts and piles; it also has an analgesic effect against insect stings and bites; the fruits are mildly laxative, demulcent, digestive and pectoral; the unripe green fruits are cooked with other foods as a galactogogue and tonic; the roasted fruits are emollient and used as a poultice in the treatment of gumboils, dental abscesses.