Whole plant: An emollient cataplasm is applied with cotton to extract painful spines embedded in the skin.

Fruit: The French Guiana Wayapi rub one or a few ripe fruits on the skin to extract spines.

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