Distribution and Habitat: Throughout South India, on dry slopes of Western Ghats

Botany: A scandent, pubescent or velvety shrub with grey- pubescent branchlets. 

• Leaves: Trifoliate with two lower leaflets very small, central leaflets broadly ovate, acuminate or rounded, main nerves few inconspicuous, petioles very short.
• Flower: White, sweet scented many in trichotomous paniculate cymes, corolla lobes 5-8.
• Fruits: Globose, black.

Uses: Skin diseases especially for ring worm, burning sensation, cardiopathy, nephrolithiasis, dermatopathy

Propagation:  By stem cuttings