Range. Tropical Africa and Asia. In Myanmar, found in Chin, Kachin, Mandalay, Mon, Sagaing, and Shan.

Use. In Upper Myanmar, the plant is considered to be a galactagogue.

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Origin:
Throughout tropical India, at 1,500 - 2,100 m-

Action:
Dried and pounded tubers are used as an application for swellings, boils and
ulcers; roasted tubers are used in dysentery, piles, venereal sores.
Leaf—febrifuge.

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. 836.