Tuber: In a cataplasm with rum for stings of stingray and snakebite. Shredded for treatment of the human skin parasite Dermatobia hominis, a botfly.

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Origin:
Maharashtra and Karnataka; cultivated in the South.

Action:
Root—antidiarrhoeal, anti-inflammatory (prescribed for haemorrhoids), antispasmodic (used in asthma), emmenagogue, abortifacient.

Toxicity:
abortifacient.

1) Robertt, A., et al.. Medicinal Plants of the Guianas (Guyana, Suriname, French Guyana)/Smithsonian NMNH. cited online: 17-08-2017.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.