Range. South India. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Root: Used as an appetizer and stomachic.

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Origin:
South-western Peninsular India. Cultivated throughout India.

Action:
Herb—astringent, antiseptic, blood-purifier, sedative, antileucorrhoeic, antidiarrhoeal, anti-catarrhal. Used in dysmenorrhoea, haemoptysis, bronchitis.
Root—astringent, antiseptic (used against scabies and other skin diseases).
Flowers—prescribed in dysentery and dysmenorrhoea.

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. 343.