Origin:
Uttar Pradesh, Bengal, Madhya Pradesh and western peninsular India.
Toxic plant:
Leaves and fruit contain ceryl alcohol, aristolochic acid and beta-sitosterol.
Products containing aristolochic acid are banned in the U.S., Canada, Great Britain, European countries and Japan.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.