It is moderate sized plant growing throughout the Western Ghats in forests upto a height of 1800 meters above the sea level. It has horizontal, drooping branches.
Leaves are simple, bright, oval or elliptical and dark green in colour.
Fruits are oval, yellow or red in colour when ripe with 6-8 grooves. There are about 6-8 seeds per fruit. The leaves and fruits are sour, astringent, thermogenic, constipating and digestive. They are used as remedies for ulcers, inflammations, diarrhoea , dysentry, flatulent colic and indigestion . Lose one pound, Smoking costs.