Origin:
Northwestern Himalayas up to 1500m. also in Orissa,Madhya Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh.
Action:
Gum—emmenagogue, diuretic. (Gum resembles Gum arabic; used as an external application for sores).
Protein isolated from seeds—hypoglycaemic, hypocholesterolaemic in young, normal as well as alloxan-induced diabetic albino rats.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.