Latex of bark is used as a pectoral and to hasten healing of wounds, for general debility and as a poultice for contusions. ROTH studied the bark structure 1981, fruit structure and dispersal 1987.

South American medicinal plants : botany, remedial properties, and general use / I. Roth, H. Lindorf. Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2002. -- p. 492.