Alphonsea madraspatana Beddome, Icon. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 92. 1868 - 1874; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 89. 1872.

Trees. Leaves ovate-lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or cuneate at base, obtuse, 7 - 9 x 2.8 - 3.5 cm, rugulose, glabrous or slightly puberulous; petioles ca 5 mm long, rugulose, glabrous or slightly puberulous. Flowers 1 - 6, fascicled on leaf-opposed, supra-axillary peduncle; pedicels 7 - 10 mm long, puberulous, bracteate below the middle. Sepals 3, ovate, very small. Petals 6 (3 + 3), subequal, ovate, acute, 4 - 5 x 4 mm, bright yellow, puberulous outside, thin. Stamens 12 in 2 series, ca 1 mm long; filaments short; connectives flat at top. Carpels few (3 - 4), oblong, ca 2 mm long, pubescent; ovules ca 8 in two rows; stigma globose. Ripe carpels ovoid, 1 - 2 cm long, yellow, tomentose; stalk 1 - 2 mm long, stout. Seeds few, in two rows.

Fl. May; Fr. Aug.

Distrib. India: Orissa, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.