Origin:
Native to tropical Southeast Asia; distributed throughout India; also planted in public parks.

Action:
Fruit—antianaemic, anabolic, antiemetic, bechic, astringent, antihaemorrhagic, antidiarrhoeal, diuretic, antidiabetic, carminative, antioxidant. Used in jaundice, dyspepsia, bacillary dysentery, eye trouble and as a gastrointestinal tonic. Juice with turmeric powder and honey is prescribed in diabetes insipidus.
Seed—antibilious, antiasthmatic. Used in bronchitis.
Bark—astringent. Leaf—juice is given in vomiting.

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