Origin

Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Orissa and Assam up to 600 m and in theWestern Ghats up to 900 m.

Action:

Fruit—antirheumatic.

Aerial parat—hypoglycaemic.

Root—rubefacient.

Bark—bitter, astringent; given in dysentery, biliousness and bronchitis. A concentrate of the root infusion is applied and rubbed over painful joints. Aerial parts exhibit hypoglycaemic activity.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 638.