Published in Enum. Pl. Zeyl. [Thwaites] 75. 1858 [Nov 1858]
The native range of this species is Assam to China (S. Yunnan). It is a tree and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is used to treat unspecified medicinal disorders, as animal food, a poison and a medicine, has environmental uses and social uses and for fuel and food.