Julostylis angustifolia (Arn.) Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 30. 1858; Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 333. 1874; K. Ramam. & Rajan in J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 7: 728. 1985. Kydia angustifolia Arn. in Nov. Act. 18: 1. 322. 1836.

Small trees; branchlets stellate-pubescent. Leaves 5 - 16 x 1 - 7 cm lanceolate, rounded at base, tapering to obtuse at apex, entire, 3-nerved at base, sparsely stellate- pubescent on both surfaces, densely so on lower surface; petioles 5 - 10 mm, pubescent. Flowers in axillary and terminal panicles; pedicels 3 - 5 mm long, stellate-pubescent. Epicalyx segments 5, connate at base, 4 - 6 x 3 mm, accrescent in fruit up to 10 x 6 mm, ovate, acute, pubescent on both surfaces. Sepals 5, ovate-acute, connate at base, shorter than epicalyx, pubescent. Petals 5, connate at base, oblong, longer than sepals, stellate- hairy outside. Staminal column antheriferous towards base, 5-toothed above; anthers 10 on long filaments. Ovary 2-loculed with 2 ovules in each locule, stellate-hairy; styles 2, connate at base, densely stellate-hairy; stigmas globose, woolly. Fruit 5 - 10 mm across, globular, indehiscent, densely tomentose. Seeds oblong.

Fl. & Fr. Oct. - Jan.

Distrib. India: Kerala.

Sri Lanka.