Wood is useful. Young pods are edible. Bark and fruit are a substitute for soap. A syrup made of the bark is used for colds. A gum is extracted called 'goma de caro'. Fruits are food for cattle. ROTH studied the bark structure 1981, fruit structure and dispersal1987 (Fig. 182).

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