A  tree to 20 m or more with a straight bole , large  ascending, large ascending branches and a small crown. Smalller branches  whitish-grey to light brown with conspicuous lenticels. Back pale grey to white smooth or grooved evertically. Leaves oblong8 -12 cm long 3-5 cm broad at the middle, deltoid at the apex, minutely cuspidate, subcoriaceous, bright green above,paler green or nearly or uite naked beneath, petiole 1.5- 3.5  cm long. Panicles lateral and terminal sparsely compound. Long flowers clustered at the tip of the branches.

The stem is used to cure venereal diseases, and also in cases of sterility in women. The bark of the stem is boiled to obtain a reddish decoction, and a glassful of this is taken.The bark also is burnt and the ash is applied  to wounds. An infusion of the bark is drunk as a veermifuge, especially for tapeworm. Leaves are used as hypotensive, antinociceptive,hypinotic.