Stem: Oil, or oleoresin, extracted from the trunk is used to alleviate gonorrhoea, water-filled swellings, throat and urinary tract inflammations, kidney stones, haemorrhoids, rheumatism and stomach cramps; fractures; diarrhoea. Bark of trunk in a decoction for dysentery.
Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.