Leaves in infusion are applied for pains of limbs and chest pains. A tea of the leaves is stimulant. An emetic tea is made of the seeds. Unripe pods are an aphrodisiac. ROTH studied the bark structure 1981, leaf structure 1984, fruit structure and dispersal1987.

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