Origin:
Native to South Europe, grown as an ornamental.

Action:
Flowers—cardioactive, tonic, antispasmodic, purgative, emmenagogue, deobstruent (used in liver diseases and sexual debility).
Seeds— stomachic, diuretic, expectorant (in bronchitis and asthma); also goitrogenic.
Juice of leaves and seeds—antibacterial.

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