Fruit is eaten fresh and is occasionally used as flavoring for other dishes. It is candied in sugar or pickled in salt, used in chutney. The fruit is eaten as a blood-enhancer for the liver

Root The syrup is used to medicate the stomach, infusion of the root is taken to alleviate asthma. The root is an active purgative, used to cure skin diseases, extract from the root is used to cure skin diseases especially to bring relief from itching.

Leaves are used to make treat rheumatism. The leaves are used as one of the ingredients to control fevers.