Distribution and habitat: Erect under shrub, All along the Himalaya, Assam, Sri Lanka, and Western Peninsula.

Botany:  Erect under shrub, approximately 1 m high, branches substrate, glabrous, scarcely woody

• Leaves:  Alternate, stipulate, short petiolate, leaflets 1-3, subcoriaceous, 7.5-10 cm long, side ones very small and move alternately by jerks
• Inflorescence: Racemes axillary and terminal, panicled; flowers bracteate, 0.6 cm long, yellow
• Fruit: Pods 2.5-3.7 cm long and 0.4-0.5 cm wide, falcate, often horizontal.                                                                                                             

Properties: Aphrodisiac, antioxidant

Chemical constituents: N,N-dimethyltryptamine and 5-methoxy-N,Ndimethyltryptamine. Leaves contain an unsaturated fatty acid eicosenoic acid. 

Uses: It is used in diuretic, febrifuge, wounds, asthma, cough, dysentery, fever, and laxative. Root extract has antioxidant properties. Leaf and flowers used to treat wounds.                                                

Propagation: By seed