Origin

Throughout India, except Northwestern India, up to 750 m.

Action:

Bark—uterine tonic (imparts healthy tone to uterus), used for suppressedmenses, leucorrhoea, menstrual pain, menorrhagia, complaints of menopause. Also used for dyspepsia, biliousness, colic, burning sensation.

Flowers—pounded and mixed with water, used in haemorrhagic dysentery, bleeding piles and retention of urine.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 584.