Ethnobotanical and general use

Clubs, tips of arrows and bows are made of the wood. A decoction of the fruits of B. guineensis (L.) H.E. MOORE is applied to remove parasites from the intestinal tract.

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