Origin:
Cultivated throughout India, particularly in Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Orissa.
Action:
Laxative, antibilious.
Gum—hypoglycaemic, hypolipidaemic, appetite depressor (weight loss not observed), reduces glycosuria during gum supplementation.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.