Sageraea grandiflora Dunn in Bull. Misc. Inf. Kew 1914: 182. 1914 & in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 12. 1915.

Trees, ca 20 m tall, all parts except flowers glabrous. Leaves oblong, rounded at base, short-acuminate at apex, 25 - 35 x 7 - 8 cm, glabrous; petioles 8 - 9 cm long. Flowers clustered below the leaf scars. Sepals 2 - 3 mm long, connate at base. Petals orbicular, ciliate along margins; outer ones ca 1.5 cm long; inner ones slightly larger. Stamens 12, obovate; anther-thecae distant. Carpels 3 - 5, strigose; stigma almost sessile, entire; ovules 12 - 14. Ripe carpels not known.

Fl. Nov. - Dec.

Distrib. India: Evergreen forests. Kerala (Konni in Pathanamthitta Dist.) .

Endemic.

Notes. This highly endangered species has not been relocated since the type collection by Bourdillon (469 in K and MH).