Origin:
Sub-Himalayan tract and Peninsular India. Planted along roadsides, and in gardens.

Action:
Infusion of bark—used in diabetes, dysentery, and in seminal weakness, leucorrhoea, menorrhagia, nervous disorders, erysipelas, burning sensation.
Milky juice and seeds—applied topically to sores, ulcers, cracked soles of the feet, rheumatic inflammations.
Buds—a decoction in milk is given in haemorrhages.
Aerial roots— antiemetic, topically applied to pimples.
Leaves—a paste is applied externally to abscesses and wounds for promoting suppuration.

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Origin
Mizoram, Northeast India
Parts used
Root
Ailments
Hair lotion

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

2) Birla Kshetrimayum/ Medicinal Plants and Its Therapeutic Uses/ USA: OMICS Group eBooks, 2017. p. 27