Timber is bright red color is a hard wood.[7] Bark is greyish brown in color. White latex can be exudate. Leaves are compound, imparipinnate, alternate; lamina narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate; apex bluntly acute to subacuminate; base acute to cuneate.[8] Flowers show axillary panicles inflorescence. Fruit is a brown or red, indehiscent[9] globose berry.[10]
Common names
English — droopy leaf, priyangu, coastal boodyarra
Hindi — priyangu (प्रियंगू)
Tamil — chokkala, chokla
Malayalam — nyalei, punniyava, cheeralam
Telugu — yerra adugu, erranduga, kondanduga
Kannada — gadagayya, kempu nola, thottilu, priyangu
The wood is hard and is a good material for construction. The aborigines often used it to build houses in Taiwan. It can also be used to make various utensils.[12])
