Distribution:
Found wild in the sub-Himalayan tract, from Chenab eastwards to Sarda and cultivated all over the plains of India.

Habit:
M.t. is a small or medium-sized tree. The bark is thick, soft, corky and deeply fissured; the leaves, usually tri-pinnate; the leaflets, elliptic; the flowers, white, fragrant in large panicles; the pods, pendulous, greenish, triangular and ribbed with trigonous, winged seeds.

Principle constituents:
Pterigospermin, spirachin and banzyl isothiocyanate.

Indications:
Biological activity studies have confirmed the anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic and diuretic activities of the seeds. The seeds are used as antibacterial, anticholeric and anti-viral agents.

Product range:
Rumalaya, Septilin