Origin

Peninsular India, from Kanara to Trivandrum and in Coorg.

Action:

Resin—astringent, antibacterial, antidiarrhoeal, emmenagogue. Used for chronic bronchitis, piles, skin eruptions, ringworm, scrofula, tubercular glands, ulcers, wounds, boils; urinary discharges; amenorrhoea; gonorrhoea and syphilis.

Bark—antidysenteric.

Oil and resin—antirheumatic. Resin enters into a number of antiseptic and anti-inflammatory ointments.

Leaves—juice is applied to cure burns. Orally administered to prevent vomiting.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 695.