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Medicine - The bark is a blood purifier and tonic stimulant. A paste of the bark, mixed with the ash of cow dung, is used as a poultice to treat muscular swellings. The bark is therefore anodyne, anti-inflammatory and febrifuge. It is used especially in treating rheumatism and fevers, and also to relieve the pain of menstrual cramps. Wood - Soft, rather woolly in texture, without smell or taste, of low flammability, not durable, very resistant to abrasion. Used for planking, matches, water troughs etc. Used for timber for construction and making furniture. Fuelwood - The wood is used for fuel.
Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan
Mountain, mixed forest, 2200-3400, temperate biome
Deciduous tree 15m tall bears thorns and fragrantstraight bole and broad rounded crown
Broadly ovate or ovate-lanceolate, with serrulate-crenate and ciliate margins, 7.5-18.0 cm long, base usually heart-shaped, 3-5 nerved. Leaf stalk is 5-12.5 cm long, compressed above
Borne in drooping raceme-like catkins appearing before or with leaves, male flowers are bell-shaped and female flowers bluntly toothed
Flowering:March-April