A medium-sized to large deciduous tree with a rounded crown. Bark smooth, greyish, exfoliating in irregular flakes; leaves oblong-lanceolate or ellpitic; flowers in large panicles, mauve to purple; capsule ellipsoid or sub-globose; seeds pale brown.

Laxative (leaf and bark);astringent, stimulant and febrifuge (root); stimulates the cardiovascular system (including the heart),spasmogenic and antiviral (aerial part); purgative, deobstruent and diuretic (leaves); stimulant and febrifuge (bark)

Lageracetal and sitosterol (leaf); caprylic, lauric, capric, palmitic, myristic, oleic and linoleic acids (seed oil).

As a laxative (leaf and bark), stimulant and astringent (root); for diabetes mellitus (leaf decoction); in abdominal pain and diarrhoea (bark)

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