[[Orang Filipina]] secara tradisional menggunakan ''gugo'' sebelum sampo komersial dijual di toko. Sampo diperoleh dengan merendam dan menggosok kulit poho ''gugo'' ( ''Entada phaseoloides'' ), <ref>{{Cite book|last=Diaz|first=Eden C.|date=1990|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0D9zrQoLCuEC&pg=PA75|title=Home Economics, Practical Arts and Livelihood Education for College: Book Two|publisher=Rex Bookstore, Inc.|isbn=978-971-23-0795-9|page=75|language=en|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite news|last=Salas|first=Kinny|date=21 March 2014|title=Thick, lush, sexy hair from drugstore products|url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/154561/thick-lush-sexy-hair-from-drugstore-products/|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140325151615/http://lifestyle.inquirer.net/154561/thick-lush-sexy-hair-from-drugstore-products|archive-date=25 March 2014|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> menghasilkan busa yang membersihkan kulit kepala secara efektif. ''Gugo'' juga digunakan sebagai bahan tonik rambut .<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Gonzales|first=Lucas L.|last2=Quimio, Jr.|first2=Marcos J.|last3=Calinawan|first3=Rogelio|title=Response of gugo to differing potting media|url=http://erdb.denr.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/c_v27n4.pdf|journal=Canopy International|publisher=[[Department of Environment and Natural Resources (Philippines)|Department of Environment and Natural Resources]]|volume=27|page=3|issn=0115-0960|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref> Sebuah studi oleh Departemen Sains dan Teknologi menemukan bahwa ''gugo'' mencegah kerontokan rambut karena merangsang sirkulasi mikro di pembuluh darah.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Enriquez|first=Marge C.|date=3 May 2011|title=Is lauat the new, natural solution to falling hair?|url=https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/457/is-lauat-the-new-natural-solution-to-falling-hair/|work=Philippine Daily Inquirer|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924024534/https://lifestyle.inquirer.net/457/is-lauat-the-new-natural-solution-to-falling-hair/|archive-date=24 September 2015|access-date=18 June 2021}}</ref>
Orang-orang [[Tonga]] menggunakan kacang tanaman ini (dikenal sebagai ''pa {{Okina}} anga'' ) sebagai hiasan mata kaki untuk tarian kailao tradisional mereka dan juga untuk digunakan dalam permainan kuno yang disebut ''lafo'' .<ref>{{Cite book|last=K|first=Lim T.|date=2012|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4MDEqFGeKVoC&dq=tonga+bean+entada&pg=PA632|title=Edible Medicinal And Non-Medicinal Plants: Volume 2, Fruits|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-94-007-1764-0|pages=627–633|language=en}}</ref> <ref name="Spread">{{Cite book|last=Spread|first=Patrick|date=2013|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G3fHTIP4S7IC&dq=tonga&pg=PA201|title=Support-bargaining, Economics, and Society: A Social Species|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-64112-8|pages=200–201|language=en}}</ref> ''Pa {{Okina}} anga'' juga merupakan nama yang diberikan untuk [[Pa'anga|mata uang mereka]] . <ref name="Spread" />
