There is a small flower of intense red color that now spreads through orchards and plots of the Island of Cuba and that is very popular: The flower of Jamaica, and that is famous for the infusion obtained from its petals.
It is a shrub of approximately three meters high that grows today in Pinar del Río to which medicinal powers are also attributed such as revitalizing blood pressure and is a diuretic that helps internal cleaning and eliminate excess water in the body.
Likewise, it helps in the expulsion of microorganisms that lodge in the stomach and cause gastrointestinal disorders, helps digestion, reduces total cholesterol and reduces the incidence of coronary disease by 19%.
It should be noted that its place of origin is Africa that arrived in America through the Nao de China, a boat from that country that during colonial times served for commercial exchange between New Spain and Asia.
Mexico is one of the nations where the cultivation of the plant is deeply rooted in the production of gelatins and infusions, jams, jelly, creams and other derivatives, but in Cuba it has had a great impact.
