Tuber: In French Guiana the tuber is used in a cataplasm with rum for snakebite and wounds of stingray. Tuber is shredded for use in treatment of the human skin parasite Dermatobia hominis, a botfly.

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