Origin:
Mediterranean region and temperate Asia. (Allied species: H. pendulum Linn. and H. procumbens Linn., found in Peshavar, Multan, Waziristan and Baluchistan). Occurs in Sikkim.

Action:
Used in stomachache. Juice of the plant has the same effect as opium. Leaves diaphoretic.
Plant— narcotic.

Toxicity:
Plant— narcotic.

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