Whole plant: In a decoction mixed with honey to relieve coughing.

Stem: Dried bark of the trunk is grated and applied as a plaster for a remedy for leishmaniasis, and plaster is changed daily until ulcer is cicatrized; bark used against fever. Alexiteric; bark used as an antidote to snake poison and manchineel poison; wood used in a sudorific decoction.

Flower: Corolla in a decoction with sugar is used as a pectoral syrup to remedy rheumatism, coughing and grippe.

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