- Family:
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Polygalaceae.
- Habitat:
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Tropical Himalayas from Simla to Sikkim and the Khasi Hills.
- Folk:
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Lilakanthi, Lilakaathi. (Bihar). Maraad (var.).
- Action:
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Root—used for cough and pulmonary catarrh; chewed or ground and drunk with water to expel phlegm from the throat; provokes coughing.
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Khare, C. (2007). Polygala crotalarioides Buch.-Ham. ex DC.. In: Khare, C. (eds) Indian Medicinal Plants. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-70638-2_1250
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