Biophytum longipedunculatum Govind. in J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20(2): 312. f. 2. 1996.

Herbs, up to 40 cm high; stems unbranched, woody, densely retrorsely strigose towards apex. Leaves obovate, 7.5 - 12 x 2 - 3 cm; stipules linear-lanceolate, up to 3 mm long; rachis adaxially sulcate, strigose, lower portion barren; leaflets 9 - 18 pairs, asymmetric, cuspidate, margins thickened, densely appressedly strigose above, glabrous below and along margins; terminal leaflets obovate, oblique, (13-) 18 x(6-) 10 mm; lateral leaflets elliptic or oblong, oblique at base, slightly undulate, 15 - 20 x 7 - 8 (-10) mm. Peduncles 14 - 23 cm long, densely hairy; bracts ovate-lanceolate, 1 - 1.3 mm long, hairy along margins, 1-nerved. Flowers 6 - 8 in an umbel; pedicels 7 - 10 mm long, strigose. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 3 - 3.5 x 0.2 - 0.3 mm, usually 7-nerved, sparsely strigose on nerves. Petals obovate, rounded at apex, 3.5 - 4.5 x 0.5 - 0.6 mm, 4-nerved. Staminal filaments 2.5 mm long. Ovary 5-lobed, elliptic-ovate, 1 - 1.5 x 0.4 - 0.8 mm, pubescent, 3 - 4-ovuled per locule; styles ca 0.5 mm long; stigma discoid. Fruits obovoid, ca 3 x 2.8 mm, hairy; seeds 3 - 4 per locule, arillate, bipyramidal, tetragonous acute at both ends, ca 1 x 0.8 mm, obliquely ridged and unevenly tuberculed, reddish-brown.

Distrib. India: Kerala.

Endemic.