Origin:
Eastern Himalayas, hills of Bihar, Orissa and South India.

Action:
Seed—carminative, anodyne, spasmolytic bechic, anti-inflammatory, anthelmintic, antiperiodic. Used in liver complaints, glandular swellings, debility, skin diseases. The seed, stems and bark are poisonous. A paste of the seeds is applied locally for inflammatory glandular swellings. The juice of wood and bark is used as an external application for ulcers. The leaves are reported to be free from the toxic saponins. After soaking in water and roasting, toxic principles can be removed from the white kernels of the seeds.

Toxicity:
The seed, stems and bark are poisonous.  After soaking in water and roasting, toxic principles can be removed from the white kernels of the seeds.

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