Description: Small trees. Leaves simple, alternate. Flowers polygamous, white, dotted with pink, arranged in simple cymes of 3. Fruit an aggregate of 1-5 radiating follicles, obovoid; seeds ovoid, black, smooth, shining.
Habit: Tree
Habitat: Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
Flowering & Fruiting: September-March
Parts used: Bark
Properties & Uses: Bark and leaves are aperient and diuretic. Leaves are boiled with water and used to treat rheumatism.