Origin

Punjab, Rajasthan, Bihar, Assam and Western Peninsula.

Action:

Two varieties—male and female—are mentioned in Ayurvedic texts.

Dried bark is used as a substitute for Holarrhena antidysenterica bark. Alkaloid conessine is the active principle of both the barks.

The isoflavone, wrightiadione, isolated from the stem bark, displayed cytotoxic activity.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 718.