Fruit: In Surinam, cooked with sugar in water as a remedy for bad coughs to loosen phlegm.

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Origin

Wild in parts of Peninsular India; cultivated in gardens.

Action:

Leaves—used in skin diseases and in preparation of bath salts.

Ripe fruits—used against cough.

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 677.