C. B. Clarke.Family: Umbelliferae; Apiaceae.
Habitat: Western Ghats and hills of Peninsular India.
Folk: Baaphali (Gujarat), Duku.Action: Fruits—carminative, diuretic, stimulant. An infusion is used for gastric and intestinal troubles.
The seeds and roots gave imperatorin, byakangelicin and osthol. Seeds, in addition, gave phelopterin, colum- bianadin and byakangelicol.
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