lonchocarpus costarricensis
(Lancepods)
Wood Use
- Furniture / Cabinetry
- Heavy Industrial Use
- Railway Crossties
- Wood Floors
Pharmaceutical Use
Cubé resin is produced from the roots of L. urucu and namely ”L. utilis (cubé). It contains enough of the toxic rotenoids rotenone and deguelin to be used as an insecticide and piscicide.
Deguelin might be useful in cancer therapy if it can be applied directly into tumors.




