Polyalthia rufescens Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 66. 1872.

Trees; young branches densely tomentose. Leaves narrowly oblong-lanceolate, obliquely cordate at base, acuminate at apex, 9 - 10.5 x 2 - 3 cm, glabrous, except the midrib beneath; nerves faint; petioles 1 - 2 mm long, glabrous. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels ca 2 mm long, tomentose, minutely bracteate at base. Sepals 3, ovate, acute, 2 - 3 x ca 2 mm, pubescent. Petals 6(3 + 3), oblong-ovate, subacute, 7 - 10 x 4 - 5 mm, thick, brown tomentose outside; inner ones larger than outer; connectives slightly convex, pubescent. Carpels many, linear, ca 1 mm long, covered with long straight brown hairs; ovules 2; styles minute; stigma capitate. Ripe carpels not seen.

Fl. Feb. - May.

Distrib. India: Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Endemic.