Various biomes found in Brazil assemble a biodiversity still
unknown and unexplored.
The caatinga biome presents a wide variety in plant species.
However, the potential of these species as an energy source, carbohydrates, vitamins, minerals and bioactive
properties is still unknown, where we can find wild plum
(Ximenia americana L.), a plant used in traditional medicine for
the treatment of ulcers, as healing, inflammation of the uterus
and ovaries, anemia, cancer, urinary tract infection, stomach
problems, injuries, burns, diarrhea, gastritis, fracture, malaria,
inflammation, fever and skin infections in Brazil and northern parts
of Niger