Stem: Crushed and used with juice of Lonchocarpus chrysophyllus to treat bite of coral snake (Micrurus sp.) by the French Guiana Wayapi. Used with Philodendron sp. to soothe the wound of venomous stingray (Potamotrygon sp.) in a cataplasm of peeled stem, by the French Guiana Palikur.

Whole plant: Used by Surinam Saramaccan Bush Negroes as an ingredient in a curative herbal bath.

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