Another ethnomedicinal reference to the plant

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Plants used for mange and other skin conditions

The leaves and vine stem of wild caraaili (Momordica charantia) are

crushed in water and used to bathe dogs with mange. The pulp of the

fruit of the cannonball tree (Couroupita guianensis) is rubbed on the

infected skin of mangy dogs. A frothy solution is obtained by crushing

the leaves of syrio (Sambucus simpsonii) in water. This is used to rub

dogs with mange. It is claimed that when the dog licks its skin, this

medicine will also work internally. Dogs with rashes are bathed with

St. John's bush (Justicia secunda, Acanthaceae). It is claimed that

this plant imparts a red colour to the bat