Range. Widespread from Madagascar, through India and the Himalayas to south­western China, south through Indochina; also in Peninsular Malaysia, Borneo, and the Philippines. In Myanmar, found in Shan, Taninthayi, and Yangon.

Use.

Leaf: Used as antiasthmatic.

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Origin

Cultivated as an ornamental. Found in Bihar, North Bengal, Orissa, Western Ghats and Southwards.

Action:

Leaves—anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antimicrobial. Applied to smallpox pustules.

Root—bruised and fried in oil, applied to abscesses.

1) DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 517.