Gordonia excelsa Blume, Bijdr.130. 1825; Dyer in Fl. Brit. India 1: 291. 1874 incl. vars. G. dipterosperma Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 45: 119.1876. Dipterospermum sp., Griffith, Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 564. 1854.

Nep.: Hinguwa.

Trees, 8 - 10 m tall; bark of young branches cracking transversely and scaling off. Leaves 5 - 15 x 2 - 5 cm, narrowly elliptic to oblanceolate, acute at base, acute to acuminate at apex, obscurely serrate, glabrous above, appressed simple hairy beneath, coriaceous. Flowers pinkish, fragrant, axillary, solitary, 3 - 5 cm in diam.; pedicels ca 2 mm long, pubescent. Sepals 4 - 10 x 5 - 6 mm, ovate to orbicular, fleshy, pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Petals 1.5 - 2 x 0.5 - 1 cm, orbicular to oblong, hairy outside, glabrous inside. Stamens 4 - 8 mm long, unequal, connate at base. Ovary ca 3 mm long, oblong, pubescent; style ca 4 mm long; stigma lobed. Capsules 2 - 3 x 1.5 cm, oblong, valves flat on back, more or less tapering upwards, hairy. Seeds 3 - 6 x 2 - 3 mm, ellipsoid, winged; wings 5 - 10 mm long, brownish.

Fl. & Fr. Nov. - May.

Distrib. India: In subtropical and warm broad leaved forests between 300 and 1370 m. Sikkim and Meghalaya.

Bhutan.