Rinorea macrophylla (Decne.) O. Ktze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42.1891; P. Chakrab. in J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 76(1): 212. 1979 (1980). Alsodeia macrophylla Decne., Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 3: 468, t. 19. 1834.

Shrubs ca 2 m tall; young branchlets velvety brown to sparsely puberulous. Leaves obovate or ellipsoid oblong, decurrent at base, acuminate at apex, 8 - 20 x 4 - 9 cm, glabrous to sparsely hary, mainly beneath on midrib and veins; lateral nerves 7 - 10 Pairs, converging within the margin; petioles up to 2 cm long; stipules subulate, 2 - 6 mm long. Peduncles up to 1 cm long; bracts minute, triangular. Inflorescence many- flowered, mostly densely hairy; pedicels 3 - 9 mm long, with a joint near base. Flowers 2 - 4 mm in diam., greenish yellow. Sepals subequal, bluntly triangular to elliptic, 2 - 3 mm long, fleshy, dark coloured, hairy outside. Petals 3 - 5 mm long, fleshy, hairy outside. Stamens 3 - 4 mm long; filaments cohering into a tube; anthers with broad dorsal appendage. Ovary hairy, each carpel with one ovule; style glabrous. Capsules trigonus- globose, up to 1.5 cm long, purplish brown; seeds 3, 6 - 7 x 5 mm, glossy brown with distinct raphe.

Fl. & Fr. April - Nov.

Distrib. India: Semievergreen and secondary forests. Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.