A large tree with very sticky sap.
The sap can be used as glue for filling in holes in plastic.
The glue is wrapped up in coconut palm leaves and sold.
The sap is also used medicinally in a new mother's first
bath after delivery, to revive someone who has fainted,
and for stomachaches. The sap is burned and the smoke is
sniffed by the patient. It is also used by folk healers,
albolarios, in the tapa ritual in which the sap is put on
hot embers in a coconut shell. The smoke is then wafted
around the sick person's body.