NW INdia, Bundelkhand, Sind, Baluchistan, W. Rajputana, Bengal, Konkan, S. Mahrata country, N. Circars, Deccan and Carnatic. A paste of the root is rubbed on the skin to relieve oppressive heat or burning of the body. This use of the drug appears to have been popular with the ancients.
Fruit is acid and somewhat astringent.
Kernel is used in stone and gravel. Bark contains amygdalin and the smaller branches are sold in the bazaars as substitutes for hydrocyanic acid in Indian practice. Kernel is used in gravel.