15/09/2021
In tropical folk medicine, papaya is used as an anthelmintic (decoction of roots, leaves), a means of contraception [6] and abortion, as a means of stimulating menstruation. Dried leaves were smoked to relieve asthma or as a to***co substitute. Packets of dry crushed leaves are sold in tea shops. The decoction of the leaves is used as a laxative for horses in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire [7].