Ramón (Breadnut)
Brosimum alicastrum
About Ramón (Breadnut)
Ramón (Breadnut) (Brosimum alicastrum) is a herb used in the Mayan Traditional Medicine tradition to help with Energy, Bone Health, Anemia, and Milk Production, among 1 other condition it addresses. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
Brosimum alicastrum, commonly known as the breadnut or Maya nut, is a tree species in the family Moraceae of flowering plants, whose other genera include figs and mulberries. The plant is known by a range of names in indigenous Mesoamerican and other languages, including: ramon, ojoche, ojite, ojushte, ujushte, ujuxte, capomo, mojo, ox, iximche, masica in Honduras, uje in the state of Michoacan Mexico, and mojote in Jalisco, or also chokogou in Haitian Creole.
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist