An erect rigid evergreen dioecious shrub. Bark rough, dark grey or brown ; leaves willow-like, lanceolate or linear-oblong, entire or serrulate towards the apex, glabrous above, clothed beneath with small orbicular scales, aromatic ; flowers sessile, in axillary spikes ; capsules globose, tomentose ; seeds roundish, yellow brown or crimson.

Diuretic, laxative, and emetic (root) and alleviates spasms (aerial part).

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Myristic, stearic, palmitic and oleic acids and a-spinasteryl acetate (root); gallic acid, taraxerone and quercetin-3-O-ß-D-glucopyranosyl [1->6]-O-a-L-rhamnoside (leaves).

For hemorrhoids, in piles, stone in the bladder, gonorrhoea, syphilis and chest pain (root decoction) and urinary problems (stone of fruit); as a poultice for skin diseases (pounded leaves)

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