Origin

Sundarbans, in salt marshes and mangrove swamps.

Action:

Root and leaves—astringent, antipyretic; given in decoction as a diaphoretic in fevers.

Leaf— juice is given for dysentery; an infusion for lumbago, also against leucorrhoea.

Root—antiinflammatory, hepatoprotective.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p  502.