Leaf toxicity:

Leaf soaked in cold water as an admixture ingredient of Surinam Tirio curare.

Leaf: Leaves from young branches made into a decoction for women at childbirth, administered sitting in a bath. Leaves used in a compress to drain tumors and swollen glands in 18th century French Guiana. Leaf contains essential oil used in antiseptic cataplasms. Leaves are boiled and the water drunk as an antipyretic, by the Guyana Patamona. Macerated leaves are boiled with water and used for washing the skin as a treatement for cold sweat, by the Guyana Patamona. Macerated leaves are used by pregnant women in herbal baths to facilitate easy delivery of babies, by the Guyana Patamona.

Stem: Used to treat abscesses.

Fruit: Oil used for rheumatism.

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