Habitat: probably a native of Sikkim and the Khasia hills.
Uses: The root is acrid, vesicant, abortifacient and a stimulant. Applied in bland oil, it is used externally or internally in rheumatism and paralytic afflictions. The root is powerful sialogogue and a remedy for secondary syphilis, leprosy and leucoderma. The milky juice of the plant is used in ophthalmia and in scabies.
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USDA Zone: 8a-11
Accession Data:
Accession # 198500269
Source: Unknown
Recorded Vouchers:
Voucher CONN00135240 at George Safford Torrey Herbarium (CONN). Specimen collected 3 MArch 1968. Herbarium Image
W/C = Wild Collected = indicates flowering in past 14 days
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