Origin
Native to Sri Lanka; found along coastal regions of India from Bengal to Tamil Nadu.
Action:
See S. roxburghiana.
Leaves and rhizomes are applied externally in high fever with delirium.
Rhizomes—diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 580.