Small deciduous tree. Leaves alternate, asymmetrical, ovate, entire or with shallowed pointed lobes, 8-25 cm long, 4.5-16 cm wide, dark green, glabrous or with scatered hairs above, lighter beneath with axillary tufts of hairs along nerves. Apex pointed, base oblique and truncate. Petiole reddish. Flowers in axillary cymes, slightly fragant, about 2 cm long, 6-7 white petals, reflexed and sometimes cohered. Conspicuous orange anthers. Fruit ovoid, black.
Herb Effects
Blood tonic, carminative and contraceptive (roots and stems)
In the treatment of rheumatism, numbness, traumatic injuries, wounds and snakebites; applied to the area around dislocated bones to help them setting (root paste)
Health Remedies 
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