Origin

Deccan Peninsula from Konkan to Cochin.

Action:

Leaves and roots are boiled in oil and applied to rheumatic swellings.

Wood—used for malarial fever and cutaneous eruptions.

Root—purgative, febrifugal, anthelmintic.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 629.