Epiprinus mallotiformis (Müll.Arg.) Croizat in J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 53. 1942. Symphyllia mallotiformis Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 34: 156. 1865; Gamble, Fl Madras 2(7): 1323. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 925. 1957). Cephalocroton indicus Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 49, t. 261. 1872. Adenochlaena indica (Bedd.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 418. 1887.

Mal. & Tam.: Karinjikkada.

Trees, up to 10 m tall; branchlets puberulous. Leaves broadly elliptic-ovate or orbicular, narrowed and acute at base, entire, narrowly acute and often mucronate at apex, 7 - 17 x 3 - 8.5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous except the sparsely hairy midrib, shiny above; lateral nerves ca 8 pairs; petioles 1 - 6 cm long. Inflorescences lateral or terminal, 5 - 6 cm long spikes, with densely clustered small flowers. Male flowers: calyx-lobes 4, ovate-lanceolate, up to 2 mm long; stamens 4 (or 5), exserted; filaments up to 2 mm long; anther-thecae parallel. Female flowers: calyx-lobes 6, unequal, ovate- lanceolate, up to 2 mm long; ovary 3-locular, tomentose; styles 3, each bifid above with plumose stigmatic arms. Fruits 3-lobed, ovoid to subglobose, depressed, 1 - 1.5 cm long, slightly scabrous-rugose.

Fl. & Fr. Feb. - Dec.

Distrib. India: Evergreen tropical forests. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.