Origin:
Watery and swampy places in Bihar and Orissa and in some parts of South India.

Action:
See J. suffruticosa.
An infusion of the root is given in syphilis.
The plant isemployed in poultice for pimples.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 353.