Origin

Arid regions, on saline lands and in coastal regions.

Action:

Fruit—carminative (used in biliousness), deobstruent (used for rheumatism, tumours, splenomegaly), diuretic, lithotriptic.

Leaves—decoction used for cough and asthma, poultice in painful piles and tumours; juice in scurvy.

Flowers— stimulant, laxative. Applied in painful rheumatic conditions.

Seeds—diuretic; purgative; fatty oil applied locally on rheumatic swellings.

Root bark—topically vesicant.

Bark—emmenagogue, ascarifuge, febrifuge.

Biological activity of stem bark—spasmolytic.

Plant—anti-inflammatory, hypoglycaemic, antibacterial.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 575.