Origin

Warmer regions of India, particularly in Uttar Pradesh. Bihar, West Bengal and Assam.

Action:

Aerial parts—hypoglycaemic.

Fruits—juice of unripe fruits used in spermatorrhoea.

Leaves—febrifuge; prescribed as a diet in enlargement of liver and spleen; piles and fistula.

Root— cathartic, febrifuge.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 673.