| Animal food | fodder | from refuse of coconut oil extraction | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| Environmental | agroforestry | for cacao plantations | Room, P. M. & E. S. C. Smith. 1975. Relative abundance and distribution of insect pests, ants and other components of the cocoa ecosystem in Papua New Guinea. J. Appl. Ecol. 12:31-46. DOI: 10.2307/2401716. Note: this study proposes it use in Papua New Guinea instead of Leucaena leucocephala; it provides habitat to ant nests that have some control on cocoa weevil Pantorhytes szentivanyi |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora. |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1315. |
| Food additives | emulsifier | | PROTABASE, the information base of PROTA (Plant Resources of Tropical Africa) (on-line resource). |
| Human food | beverage base | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
| Human food | nut | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
| Human food | oil/fat | | Rehm, S. & G. Espig. 1991. The cultivated plants of the tropics and subtropics |
| Materials | beads | | Smith, R. J. Botanical beads of the world (on-line resource). |
| Materials | essential oils | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| Materials | fiber | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| Materials | lipids | one of the main sources of MCFA | Tisserat, B. et al. 2012. Potential uses for cuphea oil processing byproducts and processed oils. Industr. Crops Prod. 35:111-120. DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.06.019. Note: Cuphea viscosissima is the maternal parent of the hybrid line evaluated as a potential source of Medium-chain fatty acids, and an alternative for tropical sources |
| Materials | wood | | Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2 |
| Medicines | folklore | | Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
| Non-vertebrate poisons | plant pest control | potential for cacao plantations | Room, P. M. & E. S. C. Smith. 1975. Relative abundance and distribution of insect pests, ants and other components of the cocoa ecosystem in Papua New Guinea. J. Appl. Ecol. 12:31-46. DOI: 10.2307/2401716. Note: this study proposes it use in Papua New Guinea instead of Leucaena leucocephala; it provides habitat to ant nests that have some control on cocoa weevil Pantorhytes szentivanyi |