Origin

Meghalaya, foothills of Assam and Peninsular India.

Action:

Fruits—used for diarrhoea, dyspepsia; asthma, bronchitis; rheumatism; diseases of the mouth and teeth.

Pericarp—astringent, digestive, stimulant.

Essential oil—disinfectant, used in infective dermatosis.

Bark—cholinergic, diuretic, hypoglycaemic, spasmolytic.

Root—emmenagogue, febrifuge.

Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 727.