Elaeocarpus helferi Kurz ex Masters in Fl. Brit. India 1: 402. 1874.

Trees, 15 - 20 m tall; branchlets puberulous. Leaves 5 - 20 x 2 - 6 cm, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, rounded at base, acute to cuspidate or shortly acuminate at apex, crenate-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous, veins prominent beneath; petioles 2 - 2.5 cm long, glabrous, thickened, somewhat geniculate. Racemes 3 - 8 cm long, axillary. Flower-buds broadly ovoid, obtuse; flowers white, 5 - 10 mm across; pedicels 4 - 6 mm long, grey puberulous. Sepals 2 - 4 mm long, ovate-lanceolate, acute, hairy. Petals 4 - 7 mm long, cuneate at base, broader at apex, laciniate half way down, ciliate along margins. Stamens 35 - 45; filaments short; anthers ca 1 mm long, bearded at tip. Ovary globose, hairy, 3-loculed; styles ca 2 mm long; stigmas entire. Drupes 2.3 cm long, oblong-ovoid; pyrenes oblong-ovoid, rugose, with longitudinal grooves, 2 - 3-loculed.

Fl. April- June; Fr. Aug. - Oct.

Distrib. India: In moist evergreen forests of Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Myanmar.