Range. Old World tropics. Sub-himalayan foot hill zone in India extending to southeastern Asia, China. “… not known in the wild state, but is cultivated around villages in tropical countries of SE Asia (occasional in Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Luzon)” (Perry 1980). In Myanmar found in Mandalay, Taninthayi, and Yangon.
Uses
Leaf: Used for stomatitis, diaphoretic;
Fruit: Used for nausea and biliousness.
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Origin:
Bengal, Assam, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Eastern Ghats.
Action:
Leaves—astringent, antidiarrhoeal, stomachic. Used in chronic bronchitis.
Fruit—used in affections of the liver.
Bark and fruit—antibilious. Infusion of bark is used as a gargle.
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. 836.