Family: Araceae
English: fancy-leaf caladium, elephant's-earChinese: 五彩芋
French: Calalou sauvage, palette de peintre
Portuguese: papageio
General poisoning notes: Caladium (Caladium bicolor) is a houseplant that can cause burning and irritation of the lips. The plant can be a problem to children who ingest the leaves as well as to family pets that might nibble on the foliage. [Canadian Poisonous Plants Information System]
Indications (Heart of Jesus): Angina, Ascaris, Catarrh, Constipation, Sore, Sore Throat, Splinter, Toothache, Wound [Handbook of Medicinal Herbs]
Activities: Abortifacient, Anthelmintic, Antiseptic, Ascaricide, Emetic, Febrifuge, Insecticide, Larvicide, Purgative, Vulnerary [ Duke's Handbook of Medicinal Plants of Latin America]
USES: Tuber: Powdered tuber employed to treat facial skin blemishes by the French Guiana Palikur. Root: Used for botfly larvae in NW Guyana. Leaf: All parts of the leaf are macerated in fresh water for an external bath to remedy numerous maladies of French Guiana Wayapi children. Crushed leaves are used in veterinary medicine to destroy vermin on sores of cattle. [Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana)]
57 Published articles of Caladium bicolor
