Origin:
Native to China; now cultivated mainly in Saharanpur, Dehradun, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Kanpur, Bareilly districts of Uttar Pradesh, Amritsar, Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur districts of Punjab.

Action:
Leaves—used in China and India for the treatment of diabetes mellitus and skin diseases.
Fruit— sedative, antiemetic.
Flower— expectorant.

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Origin:
Northern sector of Kibale National Park, Uganda
Disease treated:
cough:  FL

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