Bark: Resin from the bark is placed on warm leaves and tied around cuts and sores as a poultice, by the Guyana Patamona. Resin is used for treating ulcers, sores and dysentery, by Amerindians at Kurupukari, Guyana.
Stem: Bark is decocted as a dental analgesic by the French Guiana Boni. Bitter bark used as an emetic by the French Guiana Arrouage. Resin used to cicatrize wounds by the French Guiana Saramaccan. Wood yields an oil used in Surinam as an ointment for rheumatism and to treat wounds.
Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.