Origin
Cultivated in parts of Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
Action:
Seed and husk—laxative, diuretic, demulcent, bechic, cholinergic. Used in inflammatory conditions of the mucous membrane of gastrointestinal and genitourinary tract, chronic amoebic and bacillary dysentery; also in hypercholesterolemia.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 500.