Origin:
Konkan and Maharashtra, also in Bengal and Assam.
Action:
Root and tender stalks— emetic and expectorant, cause sneezing, used in colds, sinusitis, and biliousness.
Leaves—used as an application to boils and abscesses.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.