| Plant’s part | Ethnobotanical use | Preparation or Mode of use | Reference |
| Fruit | Hypertension | Fresh fruit juice | [35] | Diabetes | Cooked fruit in small amount of oil | [35] | Pimple and acne protectant | Tender fruits are rubbed on skin for pimples and acne | [40] | Diuretic | Not specified | [33, 34] | Laxative | Not specified | [33, 34] | Hepatoprotective agent | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antihypertensive | Not specified | [33, 34] | Anti-inflammatory agent | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antipyretic | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antivenomous agent | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antiasthmatic agent | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antidepressant | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antileprosy agent | Not specified | [33, 34] |
| Root | Diabetes | Oral administration of 50 mL of root juice is advised once a day with empty stomach. | [35, 36] | Anti-inflammatory agent | The juice of the root is a domestic remedy for the inflammation caused by contact with the urine of the house lizard. | [35, 36] | Stimulant | Root juice | [36] | Antiseptic | Root juice | [36] | Antiulcerant | Root juice | [36] | Antitoxic agent | The root of the male plant uses in snake bites and scorpion sting | [37] | Antipyretic | The root paste smearing over the whole body act as a sedative fever with delirium | [38, 39] | Skin softening agent | Root powder is applied for softening skin | [41] | Antiperspirant | Root powder is applied for reducing perspiration. | [41] | Antihemorroidal agent | Toasted roots are used in bleeding piles | [42, 43] | Bowel infection reducer | Toasted roots are used in bowel infections | [42] |
| Mucilaginous tuber | Antihelminthic agent | Not specified | [36] | Spermicidal agent | Not specified | [36] | Antifertility agent | Not specified | [36] | Antihemorroidal agent | Mucilaginous tuber of female plant are used in bleeding piles | [42, 43] | Bowel infection reducer | Mucilaginous tuber of female plant are used in bowel infections | [42] |
| Seed | Eczema protectant | Roasted seeds are used for eczema and other skin problems | [40] |
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Leaf | Analgesic | Leaf juice is mixed with coconut, pepper, red sandalwood, and so forth in order to form an ointment to relieve pain. | [35] | Antihelminthic | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antihemorroidal | Not specified | [33, 34] | Antibronchitic | Not specified | [33, 34] | Skin disease reducer | A preparation called “Panchatikta ghrita” is made by boiling 800 g each of neem bark, leaves of Momordica dioica, Solanum surattense, Tinospora cordifolia, and bark of Adhatoda vasica, in 5-6 liters of water up to its reduction to quarter and then the addition of 3.5 liters of butter and 3 kg myrobalans, is recommended as one tablespoonful with little hot milk internally twice daily in chronic skin diseases | [40, 41] |
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