Origin:
FromJammu and Himachal Pradesh to West Bengal, also in central and western India, up to an altitude of 1.200m.

Action:
Pods—Antidysenteric, antibacterial, antifungal.
Seeds— used for ringwormand skin diseases also for cough, cold, asthma,  and as a mild purgative in liver complaints.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.