Thespesia danis Oliver in Hook., Icon. Pl. t. 1336. 1881; T.K. Paul & Nayar in J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 655. 1982.

Large shrubs or trees; young stems and branchlets densely lepidote. Leaves 3 - 5 x 4.5 - 7 cm, almost roundish or ovate, obtuse or subacute at apex, broadly cordate at base, entire, sparsely lepidote on both surfaces; 5 - 7-nerved at base; petioles 3 - 5 cm long, densely lepidote. Flowers solitary, axillary; pedicels 1.5 - 2 cm long, slightly thickened at base, densely lepidote. Epicalyx segments 3, 3 - 7 x 1.5 - 2 mm, lanceolate, lepidote, persistent. Calyx 6 - 10 x 8 - 10 mm, cupular, with 5 minute teeth or entire, lepidote outside. Corolla campanulate; petals 5, ca 2 x 1.5 cm, obliquely obovate, cuneate at base, rounded at apex, lepidote outside, glabrous inside. Staminal column included, antheriferous throughout. Ovary globose to ovoid; stigma clavate. Capsules ca 1.5 x 1.2 cm, globose with a short acumen at tip.

Fl. & Fr. May - June.

Distrib. India: Tamil Nadu.

Tropical Africa.