Color and Appearance: The color of this wood varies from brownish to dark brown with dark to nearly black streaks. wood may be a light chromatic color, clearly demarcated from the heartwood. The bark is fire-resistant. The wood is slightly towards the coarser side but it is fairly easy to work with. It is fairly straight grained, dull to somewhat lustrous and without any smell or taste. The heartwood can vary from light brown with few markings to dark brown or brownish black and figured with darker streaks. The sapwood is reddish white and sharply differentiated. The heartwood is moderately durable and the sapwood is most probably likely to be susceptible to powder-post beetle attack.

Grain and Texture: The grain is usually straight or slightly interlocked or irregular. It can sometimes cause tear outs while working with this wood. It has a medium to coarse uniform texture together with a relatively low natural luster. Therefore correct techniques should be used to impart a pretty smooth lustrous finish.

Workability: This wood is usually simple to figure with, though sections with interlocked or irregular grain are additional problematic and will cause tear outs. This wood turns fairly well and is used for several turned objects. This wood responds to stains and finishes very well.

Odor: This wood doesn't give off any characteristic odor while working with this wood.

Availability: This wood is widely offered within the business market within the sort of ornamental veneer. the costs are expected to be moderate for associate foreign hardwood. This wood species is not listed in the CITES Appendices or on the IUCN Red List of threatened species.

Common Uses: The Indian laurel is principally used for veneer, furniture, cabinetry, boatbuilding, turned objects, and alternative tiny specialty items. The wood is used for furniture, cabinetwork, joinery, paneling, specialty items, boat-building, railroad cross-ties (treated), decorative veneers and for musical instruments (e.g. for guitar fretboard).

The leaves are used as food by Antheraea paphia (silkworms) which produce the tussar silk (Tussah), a form of commercially important wild silk. The bark is used medicinally against diarrhoea. Oxalic acid can be extracted from it. The bark and especially the fruit yield pyrogallol and catechol to dye and tan leather.

Water stored in the stem is often tapped and used as a source of potable water in the summer by forest folk. It is also thought to have curative value for stomach pain.