Origin:
Native to the Western Ghats. Found all over India on the banks of rivers and streams.

Action:
Used for skin diseases— eczema, scabies, leprosy, and for ulcers, tumours, piles, enlargement of spleen, vaginal and urinary discharges.
Juice of root—used for closing fistulous sores and cleaning foul ulcers.
Flowers— used in diabetes.
Powder of seeds— used for whooping and irritating coughs of children.
Seed oil—used in cutaneous affections, herpes and scabies.

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