Origin:
All over India; also grown as a hedge plant.
Action:
Plant—spasmolytic, hypotensive, antiviral.
Fruit— astringent, used in inflammations.
Leaves—astringent, antidiarrhoeal, diuretic.
Root bark—astringent, attenuant, diuretic.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p. 358.