Som sieo sour young leaf shoots and leaves are eaten blanched with a jeo or used in soups instead of lime juice. The leaves are also used as a medicine to lower fever,assist menstrual discharge, and increase the flow of urine. An extract from the flowers and bark can be taken to help cough up saliva, or to treat dysentery. The young fruit and seeds are also edible. Bark fibres are used to make rope and the wood for charcoal and fuel. Compounds from its roots have anti-malarial uses and may treat cancer. The tree is often planted as an ornamental and fixes nitrogen.