It is a large deciduous tree with grey bark up to 15 to 18 m in height. The branches are downy, gray and spreading. Leaves are 3 to 5, alternate, imparipinnate, bifarious, roundish, acuminate and 3.5 to 6.0 x 3.0 to 5.4 cm. The flowers are sessile in axillary panicles shorter than leaves and yellowish white. The pods are 3.5 x 4.5 cm long, thin, strap shaped and pale grey. Seeds are 1 to 4, kidney shaped and flat.
Herb Effects
The roots are used as astringent. Bark or rasping of the wood are alterative; roots are astringent; leaves are bitter and stimulant; alleviates spasms (aerial part); alterative (wood).
Dalbergin, dalbergenone, methyldalbergichrome and methyldalbergin (stem bark)
Chemistry
of Active Ingredients
Name
CAS#
IUPAC Name
Formula
Structure
Dalbergin
482-83-7
6-hydroxy-7-methoxy- 4-phenyl-chromen-2-o ne
C16H12O4
Dalbergenone
Not Available
2-methoxy-5-(1-pheny lprop-2-enyl)cyclohe xa-2,5-diene-1,4-dio ne
C16H14O3
Pharmacology
Medicinal Use
Eye diseases and gonorrhea (leaf); cholera, effective in bleeding piles, menorrhagia and in varicose veins (bark); in gonorrhoea (leaves decoction); in leprosy, boils and eruptions and to allay vomiting (wood).
Reference
Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.
Health Remedies 
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