It is slow-growing and upright in habit, tending to an oval shape with an open crown. The lanceolate leaves are simple, spirally arranged, 5–20 cm long and 1.5-5 cm broad at the base, with a parallel venation and entire margin; they grow in tight whorls and are a uniform dark green. The flowers are small, clustered, and usually white, appearing in mid winter.

Antipyretic and hemostatic

To cure malarial symptoms, poisoning, dysentery, diarrhea, dysmenorrhea.