It is a plant that is in several countries (Mexico, Center America and Panama) is used mainly to treat pain and inflammation of the kidney. In the traditional medicine the flowers or the stem with their leaves are used, because they are considered very effective for renales affections. Also it is used against the reumatismo, asthma, disentería and pain waist. The Riñonina cures the poisonous animal poles and low the fever; in addition, diuréticas properties are attributed to him and it is used like laxative. Even though its use is recent, from mid century has been used to treat urinary diseases.
Herbaceous with fleshy leaves and of semicircular or acorazonada form. It presents/displays great and showy flowers in bell form. Their fruits are globosas capsules, that when the curing become of color coffee and when opening itself they loosen abundant seeds covered with pelillos. It is distributed in warm climates, where it can be dominant in coastal dunes, associated with the vegetation of manglar and tropical forests caducifolias and subcaducifolias.