Range. South China, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Philippines. Cultivated in Myanmar.

Uses
Fruit: Heart, brain, and liver tonic. Also used as antidote in opium poisoning.

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Origin

Native to China; now cultivated mainly in Northern Bihar, particularly in Muzaffarpur and Darbhanga districts, and Saharanpur, Dehra Dun, Muzaffarnagar, Gorakhpur, Deoria, Gonda, Basti, Faizabad, Rampur, Bareilly, Bahraich, Kheri and Pilibhit districts of Uttar Pradesh.

Action:

Fruit—refrigerant during summer.

Leaf—used in bites of animals.

DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.