Whole plant: Ingredient in a decoction for syphilis.

Leaf: Mixed in rum in a decoction applied to snakebite and wound of stingray; softened in a flame and applied on itching area of cutaneous eruptions by the French Guiana Boni. Excellent tonic; for a stimulant tea. French Guiana Amerindians use the alexiteric leaf-juice as an excellent antidote to snakebite.

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