Origin
Native to eastern Mediterranean region, Iran, Afghanistan and Central Asian countries; cultivated in North India.
Action:
The kernel is used as a cardiac and brain tonic; flowers are included in prescriptions for leucorrhoea; husk is used against dysentery and as astringent in stomatitis and tonsillitis.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 497.