A polymorphic perennial herb 30-60 cm tall, glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, 5 to 15 cm long; petioles linear, elliptic to oblanceolate, apex obtuse, base acute, glabrous above and pubescent beneath. Flowers pink, red or purple, 4 to 9 mm long, borne in many flowered, leaf opposed racemes aw pedicels 3 mm long; calyx 4 mm long, corolla twice as long as the calyx, pubescent. Fruit pod, slightly curved, compressed, glabrescent, dehiscing. Seeds greenish grey, 4 to 10 smooth ovoid.

Antirheumatic, diuretic and anthelmintic (root); antihepatotoxic, stimulates the central nervous system, antiprotozoal, purifies the blood and analgesic (plant).

Beta-sitosterol, betulinic acid, lupeol, (plant); pongamol (seed); rotenone, tephrosin (root); rutin and beta-sitosterol (leaf)

Spleen enlargement, liver problems, as an antirheumatic, diuretic and anthelmintic (root); in tympanitis and as a blood purifier (plant); in skin diseases and rat poisoning (seeds). Used to treat bronchitis, bilious febrile attacks, treatment of boils, pimples, bleeding piles, jaundice and kidney disorders.

Chandel et al.,Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.