Origin

A shrub cultivated as an ornamental throughout the hotter parts of India.

Action:

Capsule—mucilaginous, used for the diseases of the bowels; a decoction is used as emollient.

Root—astringent, antibilious, antiphlegmonous, febrifuge.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p  472.