Polyalthia parkinsonii Hutch. in Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1917: 25. 1917.

Small trees; bark greyish. Leaves lanceolate, slightly oblique and obtuse at base, long-acuminate at apex, 10 - 20 x 3 - 6 cm, glabrous, shiny above, greyish glaucous beneath; petioles 7 - 10 mm long, minutely transversely rufous, glabrous. Flowers many in dense fascicles on leafless branches of previous year; pedicels slender, 1.5 - 2 cm long, glabrous; bract 1, minute, submedian. Sepals 3, triangular, obtuse, 1.5 - 2 x 1.5 mm, coriaceous, minutely pubescent. Petals 6 (3 + 3), sometimes 7, subequal, oblong to narrowly oblong, obtuse, ca 13 x 2 - 3 mm, white, densely tomentose outside, sparsely tomentose inside. Stamens numerous, triangular, less than 1 mm long; connectives truncate, almost flat at top. Carpels many, short, subglobose, glabrous; ovule 1, basal; stigma sessile, truncate, thick. Ripe carpels many, subglobose, ca 1 cm in diam., more or less shiny, short-stipitate. Seed 1.

Fl. Nov. - Dec.; Fr. Feb. - Mar.

Distrib. India: Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Endemic.