Root: Bitter, stomachic and digestive.

Leaf: Used by the French Guiana Wayapi in an antitussive decoction.

Seed: Pericarp is bitter, stomachic, digestive, contains a fatty edible substance.

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