Range. India, southern China, Malay Archipelago, northern Australia. In Myan­mar, found in Mandalay and Yangon.

Uses
Leaf: Used in a fomentation.

Root: Used as a laxative and to treat dropsy, as an aperient.

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Origin

Throughout greater part of India, ascending to an altitude of about 1,500 m in the Himalayas, also recorded from the Andamans.

Action:

Root—bitter and aperient. Prescribed in visceral obstructions, renal dropsy and ascites.

Leaves— used for fomenting piles and for haemorrhoidal pains.

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Leaf, root
Ailments
Boils

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  470.

3) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 30