Distribution:
Found throughout India, ascending to an altitude of 1,300 m in the Himalayas.

Habit:
B.v. is a medium-sized, deciduous tree. The bark is grey; the leaves are sub- coriaceous and deeply cordate; the flowers are variously coloured and occur in few- flowered, lateral corymbs; the pods are long, hard, flat, glabrous, dehiscent and 10-15 seeded.

Principle constituents:
The seeds yield a fatty oil, the bark yields fibre.

Indications:
The bark is astringent, tonic and anthelmintic. It is useful in scrofula and skin diseases. It is also used for ulcers and leprosy. A decoction of the bark is taken for dysentery. The dried buds are used for diarrhea, dysentery and hemorrhoids.

Product range:
Pilex