• Habitat: Tree

• Occurrence: Forests, Farm bunds, Hilly areas

• Season of Availability: Spring and summer

• Geography: S. China to Tropical Asia

• Method of Propagation: N/A

• Part used for Propagation: N/A
  

• Edible Parts: Young Pods & Bark

• Can be Eaten Raw: Yes

• Raw: Yes, flowers

• Ripe: No

• Both Raw & Ripe: No

• Dangerous Form to Consume: N/A

• As Food: Young pods are boiled and cooked as a vegetable. Flowers and fruits can be eaten raw as a side dish; grilled and then the inner seeds are scraped and eaten; flower buds can be boiled and pickled.

• As Medicine: Decoction of the leaves can be used to increase appetite; roots help cure cold and fever; paste of seeds can be used to treat boils. Bark decoction is useful for urinary infection
  
  
• Cooking Without Prior Boiling: No

• Boiling Before Cooking: Yes

• Pickling: Yes

• Brining: Yes

• Fermenting: N/A

• Drying for later Consumption: N/A

• Overall Method: Either eaten raw, boiled or grilled.
  
  

• Nutritional Benefit: High in antioxidants.

• Medicinal Benefit: Urinary Infection
  Jaundice Treatment
  Arthritis & Rheumatism
  Gastric Ulcers
  Tumors
  Respiratory Disease
  Diarrhea & Dysentery

• Tribal Wisdom: Decoction of the leaves can be used to increase appetite; roots help cure cold and fever; paste of seeds can be used to treat boils

• Tribal Recipe / Usage: Flower buds pickle:
  - Soak the buds in pickling liquid and store in a jar.

- Tetu is called “Midnight Horror” also because the flowers open at night, emitting a powerful stink that attracts bats to facilitate pollination.
- The root and stem bark are used for fever, bronchitis, intestinal worms, leucoderma, asthma, inflammation, anal troubles, diarrhea and
dysentery.
- The fruits and seeds are used as an expectorant, purgative and bitter tonic.
- In Indian Ayurvedic medicine, the root bark, stem and leaf are prescribed for snake bite.