Origin:
Western Himalayas and hilly regions of the western parts of Peninsular India, abundantly in Maharashtra.

Action:
The plant is the source of alkaloid scopolamine which is used as a pre anaesthetic in surgery and childbirth, in ophthalmology and for the prevention of motion sickness.

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