Miliusa mukerjeeana D. Mitra & P. Chakrab. in Bull. Bot. Surv. India (ined.)

Small trees, 3 - 8 m tall; young branches puberulous. Leaves oblanceolate to lanceolate, cuneate at base, obtuse to acuminate at apex, 9 - 16.5 x 4 - 5 cm, glabrous; lateral nerves 10 - 12 pairs; petioles 2 - 3 mm long: Flowers bisexual, solitary or 2 - 3 together, axillary, greenish yellow; pedicels slender, 1.5 - 2 cm long; bracts 2, minute, basal and submedian, caducous. Sepals 3, valvate, ovate, acute, ca 1 x 1 mm, pubescent outside. Petals 6 (3 + 3), valvate; outer petals like the sepals in size and shape; inner ones free, ovate, acute, ca 5 x 4 mm, very thick, pubescent outside. Torus conical. Stamens ca 1 mm long; filaments short, flattened; connectives small, apiculate at top, not concealing the anther-thecae. Carpels many, oblong, ca 2 mm long, strigose; ovules 3 - 4; style absent; stigma capitate. Ripe carpels many, globose to oblong, 5 - 10 mm across, baccate, red; stalks 4 - 5 mm long. Seeds 1 - 3, transversely ridged, convex above.

Fl. & Fr. April- Nov.

Distrib. India: Hill forests. Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Endemic.

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