Origin:
Native toBrazil; naturalized in many parts of India; grown in gardens of Maharashtra.
Action:
Cardiac stimulant, laxative, emetic, expectorant, bechic, antiscorbutic, alterative. Used in ague, also in dyspepsia.
Leaf— anticholerin, haemostatic.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 836.