Origin
Sea coasts all around India and in the Andaman Islands.
Action:
Leaves—digestive, carminative; applied externally on tumours and swollen legs.
Fruit—juice, internally for inducing menstruation.
Roots—used for dysentery.
Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 589.