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Medicine - A decoction of the roots is usd in the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery. The bark contains tannins and is astringent. It is used in the treatment of diarrhoea and dysentery.
Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Dense, primary forests, more common on mountain slopes or in valleys at altitudes of 2500 m asl.
Valued as a fertilizer. Has a distinctive winged fruit, which is dispersed by the wind.
Evergreen to briefly deciduous tree with a dense, rounded crowm; it can grow up to 40 m tall.
Bole is straight. Bark is grey or grey-brown, deeply fissured.
Leaves are compound, alternate and spiral, impar- or pari-pinnate, leaflets are narrowly ovate or elliptic, with yellow glandular dots, margin entire. Primary vein is single.
Flowers are arranged in a many-flowered inflorescence, in leaf axils, on small leafless twigs, unisexual, on the same tree, on stalks up to 3mm long.
Fruit is up to 3.5cm long, 1-seeded, 3-winged nutlet, not splitting open.
Flowering: March-April