Range. China, Cambodia, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vi­etnam; native of Central America, introduced and naturalized elsewhere. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Fruit: Used in tuberculosis and for inflammation.

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Origin

Native of Mexico; found throughout India.

Action:

Leaf—used in epilepsy, also applied to tuberculous glands of the neck.

Fruit—anti-in?ammatory. Ash of the fruit, mixed with coconut oil, is applied on burns.

Seed oil— applied on abscesses and for treating itching and skin a?ections.

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Notes
- Unrelated to plant from South America with the same common name (Uncaria tomentosa)
Origin:
Mexico
Medicinal  properties:
- Epilepsy (seed decoction)
- Unrelated to plant from South America with the same common name (Uncaria tomentosa)

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  402.

3) Armando González Stuart/ Plants Used in Mexican Plants Used in Mexican Traditional Medicine Traditional Medicine: Their Application and Effects In Traditional Healing Practices. - p. 172.