Red berries are used in soaps, as a rennet in cheese-making, and as a red dye. The root bark has been used as a sedative in Africa; in India to arrest debility. The leaves contain withaferin - an antibiotic. One of the major Ayurvedic herbs holding a place similar to that of Ginseng in other traditions. Packet(Standard): $3.50; 1/8 oz: $8.00; 1/4 oz: $15.00; - 21,500 seeds/oz