Miliusa tectona Hutch. ex C.B. Parkinson, For. Fl. Andaman Isl. 75. 1923. Saccopetalum tectonum (Hutch. ex C.E. Parkinson) Chatterjee in Kew Bull. 1948: 59. 1948.

Hindi: jungli-saguan.

Trees, straight-stemmed, 15 - 25 m tall; branches glabrous. Leaves ovate to elliptic- oblong, rounded and often slightly cordate at base, acutely or obtusely acuminate at apex, 10 - 15 x 4 - 6 cm, glabrous; petioles 2 - 4 mm long. Flowers bisexual, solitary or paired in axils of fallen leaves on leafless branches; pedicels 1 - 1.5 cm long, appressed pubescent; bracts and bracteoles early caducous. Sepals 3, ovate-lanceolate, subacute, 6 - 7 x 2.5 - 3 cm, pubescent, minutely gland-dotted, many-nerved. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals sepaloid, larger; inner ones ovate-lanceolate, saccate at base, subacute or obtuse at apex, 3 - 3.5 x 1 mm, velvety tomentose, reddish; midrib prominent, with parallel lateral nerves. Stamens many, ca 1 mm long; connectives obscurely apiculate. Carpels many, 1.5 - 2 mm long, densely hairy, 4 - 7-ovuled; stigma subglobose, rugulose. Ripe carpels ca 8 - 10 mm across.

Fl. May -June.

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

Java.

Notes. Wood apparently resembling teak, but very unlike it.