Miliusa wightiana Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 149. 1855 & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 87.1872.

Small evergreen trees, 10 - 15 m tall; branches glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong to lanceolate, slightly cuneate at base, abruptly obtusely acuminate at apex, 4.5 - 9.5 x 1.5 - 5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, somewhat pubescent on nerves beneath; petioles ca 2 mm long, glabrous. Flowers pink, bisexual solitary, axillary; pedicels 1.5 - 2.5 cm long, glabrous; bracts 3, basal and one a little above the base. Sepals 3, minute, reflexed. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals like the sepals; inner ones ovate-oblong, cuneate at base, subacute at apex, 10 - 15 x 6 - 8 mm, connate at base, veined, puberulous outside. Stamens many, in a few series, ca 1 mm long, much broader; connectives apiculate at top. Carpels many, oblong, ca 2 mm long, 1 - 2-ovuled, pubescent with straight hairs; style short; stigma oblong. Ripe carpels many, pisiform, oblong, ca 1 cm across, glabrous, granulate; stalks 4 - 7 mm long. Seeds 1 - 2.

Fl. Jan. - March; Fr. May - Aug.

Distrib. India: Evergreen forests of Western Ghats. Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.