The seed oil contains cyclopropene, fatty acids and ~-sitosterol. The seeds are called 'chestnut of America'; they are very starchy and are not only edible, but taste like real chestnuts. Fruits of Pachira aquatica are applied for respiratory diseases, cough and whooping cough, extracting the liquid from the locules. The leaves serve for fever with headache; a handful leaves are boiled in a liter of water for half an hour.

Bark:bad belly, for the blood, headache, bark boiled and tea drunk to "'build up the blood"

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Uses: ound healing, ulcer, varicose veins.                                                 

Origin: Belize, Bolivia, Brzil, China, Colombia, Costa rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, French Guiana, Gabon, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Suriname, Venezuela.  

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Whole plant: In an alexiteric decoction in French Guiana.

Bark: Used for diarroea in NW Guyana.

Leaf: A cold water infusion of the crushed leaves is employed by the Surinam Wayana to treat a burning sensation in the skin.

Fruit: Surinam Caribs spread fruit on village grounds to repel sand fleas.

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

2) Barret, Bruce Economic Botany vol. 48, nro. 1 .-- p. 8-20 1994

3) Geraldini , Isanete, Journal of Ethnopharmacology v. 173, 2015 . -- p. 383-423

4) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.