Miliusa longiflora (Hook. f. & Thomson) Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. Fr. 53(4): 153. 1906. Saccopetalum longiflorum Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 151. 1855 & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 88. 1872.

Trees; branches puberulous. Leaves obovate-elliptic, ovate-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, rounded or cuneate at base, shortly acuminate at apex, 12 - 25 x 5 - 11 cm, glabrous above except the gland-dotted midrib, appressed pubescent beneath; petioles 5 - 8 mm long, slightly pubescent, gland-dotted. Flowers bisexual, solitary or 2 - 3 together, axillary or in axils of fallen leaves, precocious; pedicels 5 - 7 mm long, pubescent; bracts basal. Sepals 3, linear-lanceolate, acute, 3 - 4 x 1 - 1.5 mm, pubescent. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals like the sepals; inner ones oblong-lanceolate, subsaccate at base, tapering to obtuse apex, 18 - 30 x 4 - 10 mm, reddish at base, puberulous outside, velvety inside; midrib prominent inside. Stamens many, ca 1 mm long; connectives rounded at top. Carpels 6 or more, ovoid, ca 2 mm long, pubescent, 6 - many-ovuled; style linear; stigma broad, concave. Ripe carpels many, black, subglobose, 2 - 3 cm across, glabrous; stalks 1.5 - 1 cm long, glabrous. Seeds many.

Fl. March.

Distrib. India: Tropical and subtropical forests. Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Karnataka.

Bangladesh and Bhutan.