Hiptage nayarii Srivastava in Indian Forester 110(5): 499. 1984.

Shrubs; branches woody, rusty-tomentose when young, glabrescent when mature. Leaves ovate, obtuse or acute at base, abruptly acute at apex, sometimes retuse, 7 - 8.5 x 3 - 5 cm, softly tomentose when young, old ones glabrous, shining above, yellowish-brown or dull grey-brown beneath, sparsely pubescent on nerves beneath when mature; petioles ca 5 x 1.5 mm, appressed-tomentose; bracts foliaceous, ovate, 5 - 6 x ca 2 mm; bracteoles minute. Flower-buds oblong, ca 10 x 5 mm; pedicels 25 - 37 mm long, thickened below calyx, brown-tomentose. Calyx-lobes ovate, 4 - 5 x 1.5 - 2 mm, white-tomentose; glands circular, ca 2 - 2.5 mm across. Petals obovate or suborbicular, ca 10 x 4 mm, denticulate, dorsally tomentose, white. Anthers ovoid, broader at base, ca 10 - 11 mm long, glabrous. Ovary sericeous; styles sericeous at base, 10 - 12 mm long; stigma linear.

Fl. & Fr. June - Aug.

Endemic.

Distrib. India: Semievergreen forests at about 1200 m. Tamil Nadu (Tirunelveli Dt., Kil-Manimuthar Bridge falls).

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