A tree that grows to a height of 40m with a girth of 70cm.Crown spreads from a straight to a buttressed bole. Bark is rusty red and greenish with abundant red exudate when cut. Leaves are pinnate and comprise 3–10 pairs of folioles which are 5.5cm × 3.3cm – 11cm × 6cm – 15cm × 6cm – 19cm × 7 cm. Folioles are serrate, coriaceous, sessile, and show about 10 pairs of secondary nerves. Inflorescences are panicles of variable length. Fruits are 2.1cm × 1.7 cm, ovoid, purple, and glossy.

Antiseptic (plant)

Used externally to counteract the putrefaction of wounds (bark); used to make a bath for fever (leaves and bark).

Christophe Wiart. Medicinal Plants of Asia and the Pacific, P:174-175, CRC Press, June 2006.