When young, appreciated as fodder; often used for thatching, culms for mats and baskets. In the traditional pharmacopedy used as stringent and diuretic; extract from leaves used for treatment of many diseases such as rheumatism, arthritis, abscesses and tuberculosis and by the traditional healers formagical issues.
Vern.: hoffi (baya, Wakwa 14H); milan (yaoundé, Hedin 150a);poulhi(toupoun, Malzy SRF15010); soko (foulfouldé, Malzy 13)