Origin

Native to Java and Malaysia; cultivated in Indian gardens.

Action:

Fruits and seeds— anthelmintic (particularly against ascarites and soporific).

Seeds— soporific. Ripe seeds are roasted and given in diarrhoea and fever. Macerated in oil, are applied to parasitic skin diseases.

Leaves— decoction prescribed in abdominal pain.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 535.