Origin:

South Bihar, Orissa, Assam, Western parts of South India, up to 600 m, also in back waters.

Action:

Plant—galactagogue, aperient, antiseptic. Juice given in fever and to nursing mothers when milk is sour.

Oil—antiseptic.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 379.