The gum from the seeds has been suggested as an emulsifying substitute for acacia and tragacanth. Flowers very attractive to bees. The pulp has always attracted the sweet tooth of animal and man alike, when better sweets were not available. A potable or energy alcohol can be made by fermenting the pulp. Seeds have been roasted and used as a coffee substitute.
Lumber is used for various purposes, but the chief use is as an ornamental.
Sokoloff et al. However, the cytotoxicity of the extract was quite high and the animals, besides losing weight, showed dystrophic changes in their liver and spleen. Weight loss was considerable. In Lesotho, fruit pulp is used for catarrh of of the lung. Powdered seed used as a snuff for head cold.