Miliusa montana Gard. ex Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 148. 1855; Beddome, Icon. t. 84. 1868 - 74. Miliusa indica Leschen. ex DC. var. montana (Gard. ex Hook. f. &. Thomson) Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 86. 1872. M. indica Leschen. ex DC. var. strigosa Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 86. 1872.

Shrubs; young branches pubescent. Leaves ovate or ovate-lanceolate, slightly unequal and rounded at base, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, 5 - 7 x 2 - 2.7 cm, glabrous above, pubescent with straight hairs beneath when young; petioles 1 - 2 mm long, pubescent. Flowers bisexual, solitary, leaf-opposed, white, fragrant; pedicels 7 - 15 mm long, almost glabrous; bracts basal and submedian. Sepals 3, ca 1 mm long, pubescent outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals like the sepals, linear-lanceolate, acute, ciliate; inner ones connate up to the middle, ovate, acute, 1 - 2 cm long, thin, veined, almost glabrous. Stamens many, ca 1 mm long; connectives slightly apiculate at top. Carpels few, ovate, curved, ca 1 mm long, glabrous; stigma sessile, capitate. Ripe carpels many, subglobose, 7 - 10 mm across, red, glabrous; stalk ca 5 mm long.

Fl. April - June; Fr. Aug. - Sept.

Distrib. India: Subtropical hill forests. Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Sri Lanka.