A tall evergreen tree upto 20 m or more; bark grey rough, lenticellate branches glabrous. Leaves (4-)5-7 (-10) whorled, coriaceous. glabrous, and shining, 9-20 x 2-5 cm, oblong-lanceolate or obvate, obtuse or shortly acuminate with 25-60 pairs of lateral nerves; margin entire; petiole 0.5-1 cm long, ending in a thick hooked gland on upper side. Inflorescence umbellately branched, many flowered, of capitate cymes, pubescent or tomentose; peduncle 2-5 cm long; pedicel 2-5 mm long, bracts oblong or lanceolate, acute, pubescent. Flowers greenish white 6-12 mm long. Calyx c. 2 mm long, pubescent, persistent; lobes oblong-ovate obtuse. Corolla tube cylindric, c. 6 mm long, lobes ovate, obtuse, 3-5 mm long. Disc absent. Follicles 30-60 cm long and 3-5 mm broad, pendulous.

Fl. Per.: December-May.

Type: Described from India. Hb. LINN 302/2.

Distribution: India to Indonesia, tropical Australia and Africa. Cultivated in Pakistan as an ornamental.

The inner bark is of medicinal value and is used as a source of anti-malerial drug.