Range. Throughout the tropics. In Myanmar, found in Bago, Chin, Kachin, Man­dalay, and Yangon.

Use

Leaf, Flower, Fruit, Root: Used to facilitate childbirth.

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Origin

Throughout tropical and subtropical India, up to 1,200 m in the Himalayas.

Action:

Leaves and bark—astringent, anticholerin, demulcent. Used in diarrhoea and dysentery.

Root— styptic, diuretic, galactogenic. Hot infusion facilitates childbirth and hastens parturition. Pounded roots are given for the treatment of ulcers.

Leaves and flowers—used against leprosy.

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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
Stomach ache, diarrhoea: FL

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

3) Jane Namukobe; et al. / Traditional plants used for medicinal purposes by local communities around the Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 2011(136) p. 242.