Range. India, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. Widespread in Myanmar.

Uses

Bark: Used to treat diarrhea; also as an astringent, diuretic, and cardiotonic.

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Origin

Common in the forests, especially in the humid regions of India, including the sub-Himalayan tracts of North-West provinces, Nepal and Sikkim; also southwards throughout the Peninsula.

Action:

Bark—astringent, antidiarrhoeal, styptic, antileucorrheal. Used for haemorrhagic diseases, skin diseases, erysipelas, leucoderma. The bark contain 18,7% tannin.

1 DeFilipps, Robert A.; Krupnick, Gary A. / PhytoKeys, v. 102. - - p. 1 - 314,  2018.

2) Khare, C.P./ Indian Medicinal Plants. -- Nueva Dheli: Springer, 2007 . - p 656.