Fissistigma wallichii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Merr. in Philip. J. Sci. (Bot.) 15: 137. 1919. Melodorom wallichii Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 118. 1855 & in Fl. Brit. India 1: 81. 1872.

Large woody climbers; branchlets often cirrhiform; young parts slightly golden pubescent. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly rounded or subcuneate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, 10 - 18 x 3 - 4.5 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous and shiny above, sparsely appressed pubescent and pale beneath; lateral nerves 10 - 12 pairs, slightly arched; petioles 5 - 7 mm long, pubescent. Flowers solitary, terminal or 3 - 4 in terminal or leaf-opposed fascicles; pedicels pubescent, 7 - 9 mm long; bracts 1 - 2, connate at base, ovate, acute, ca 3 mm long, pubescent. Sepals 3, connate at base, ovate, acute, 5 - 7 x ca 6 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals 6 (3 + 3); outer petals ca 1.5 x 0.7 cm, densely rufous-tomentose outside, glabrous inside, fleshy; inner ones shorter, brown purple, hoary. Stamens numerous, ca 2 mm long; filaments short; connectives ovate, acute, convex at top. Carpels many, subglobose, ca 3 mm long, strigose; style hairy; stigma furrowed. Ripe carpels many, berries, subglobose to oblong-ovoid, ca 2.5 cm long, ca 2 cm in diam., yellowish brown, slightly warty, mucronate; stalks 2 - 3 cm long. Seeds 1 - 2 per carpel, oblong-ellipsoid, ca 12 mm long, ca 9 mm wide, glossy brown.

Fl. Nov.- Feb.; Fr. July - Aug.

Distrib. India: Lowland evergreen forests. Assam, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

Bangladesh.