Alphonsea sclerocarpa Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 11. 1858; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 89. 1872.

Trees; branches rugose, glabrous. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, narrow at base, obtuse at apex, 6 - 7.5 x 1.5 - 2.5 cm, glabrous. Flowers fascicled on very short axillary peduncle; pedicels 5 - 6 mm long, pubescent. Sepals 3, very small united at base, orbicular, reflexed, pubescent. Petals 6 (3 + 3), ovate, acute, ochreaceous; outer ones ca 5 x 3 - 4 mm; inner ones smaller, pubescent. Stamens 15, in 2 - 3 rows, ca 1 mm long; connectives flat at top. Carpels 3 - 6, oblong, ca 2 mm long, pubescent; ovules ca 8; stigma sessile, capitate. Ripe carpels 3 - 5, subglobose, 1.5 - 2 cm across, minutely fulvous tomentose, tuberculate; stalk 5 - 8 mm long, stout. Seeds more than 2, biseriate.

Fl. March; Fr. Aug. - Oct.

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

Sri Lanka.