A shrub or a tree, up to 15 m. in height. Bark thin, dark grey, rough, exfoliating in regular flakes; leaves imparipinnate, crowded at the ends of the branches, 15-45 cm long: leaflets 7-15, elliptic-oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 5-12 cm long; flowers yellow-green in slender, lax axillary panicles; drupe gibbous, compressed, 6-7 mm in diam., epicarp very thin, bursting irregularly; stones compressed, bony, surrounded with mesocarp rich in fat.

Antidiarrheal and astringent (aerial part); antiviral, anticancer and alleviates spasms (leaf).

Wax Tree

Rhusnetin, hinokiflavone and rhusnin (fruit); succedaneaflavonone and binaringenin (kernel)

In phthisis (fruit); in diarrhea (aerial part)

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