The plant has an edible fruit, which in Khmer language has the colourful name triël dâhs krabéi (="triel of the buffalo udders").

[4] The species is native to a disjunctive area, covering parts of Mainland Southeast Asia and eastern Malesia.

[1] Countries and regions where the taxa occurs are: Indonesia (Nusa Tenggara, Maluku Islands, Jawa); Thailand; Cambodia; Vietnam; Laos; Myanmar.

The fruit, the same size as buffalo udders (see #Vernacular names), are much appreciated as a snack or titbit in Cambodia, and are sold in the market in March and April.

[8] In Thai traditional medicine, a water decoction of the plant has been used as fever treatment and as to promote milk production.