Bark, leaves, flowers, seeds. A glabrous much branched shrub or quite a small tree with greyish brown bark.
Flowers are numerous, small, white or rose coloured, fragrant.
The colouring matter is the quinone. Alcoholic extract of the leaves showed mild anti- bacterial activity against Staph aureus and E. coli'. Antibacterial and antifungal activities have been confirmed .The antihaemorrhagic properties are attributed to lawsone. It is used for jaundice. As a cooling agent it is used for burning of skin.