Sauropus gour-maitii Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 20: 529, f. 5 A - E. 1996. S. androgynus sensu Gamble, Fl. Madras 2(7): 1303. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 911. 1957), p. p.

Shrubs, 2 - 4 m tall, almost entirely glabrous; leaf-bearing branchlets 15 - 30 cm long, initially sparsely papillose puberulous, soon glabrous. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, triangular- lanceolate to lanceolate, obtuse, subtruncate or acute to subacute at bases, acute to acuminate at apex, 6 - 13 x 1.5 - 5 cm, membranous; lateral nerves 7 or 8 pairs; petioles 1.5 - 2 mm long. Male flowers: pedicels 1.5 - 4 mm long; calyx concave-cupular, ca 1 x 1.5 mm, deeply 6-lobed; segments oblong-oblanceolate, ca 1.2 x 0.5 mm, shortly bifid at apex; staminal column ca 0.5 mm long; anthers narrowly ovoid, ca 0.8 mm long, erect when young, finally horizontal. Female flowers: pedicels 4 - 5 mm long; calyx cupular, ca 3 x 3.5 mm; segments ovate, 2 - 2.5 x 1 - 1.5 mm, acute to subacute; ovary trigonous, ca 1 x 0.8 mm; styles ca 0.5 mm long, erect, shortly bifid at apex. Fruits subglobose, somewhat depressed (similar to S. androgynus), unlobed, 8 - 10 x 13 - 15 mm, thin-walled, brown when dry; pedicels 10 - 12 mm long, slender.

Fl. & Fr. May - Dec.

Distrib. India: Primary evergreen or semideciduous forests, between 500 - 1300 m altitudes. Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.