Range. Seacoast. South and southeastern Asia, Australia, and Pacific Islands. Cul­tivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Leaf and Root: Used in fumigation after childbirth and for asthma and fever; also for scrofulous and venereal infections.

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