Origin

Throughout India as a weed of cultivated fields of wheat and barley. Also cultivated in gardens for ornament.

Action:

See S. officinalis. The mucilaginous sap of the plant is febrifugal and used in chronic fevers. It is a mild depurative and used in the treatment of furuncles and scabies.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 583.