Stemonurus secundiflorus Blume, Bijdr. 649. 1826. Sleumer in Blumea 17: 258. 1969; Thothatri & Banerjee in Indian For. 103: 708. 1977. Lasianthera secundiflora (Blume) Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1(1): 792. 1856.

Medium sized trees, 10 - 15 m tall, often with pneumatophores; branches horizontal; bark smooth, greyish outside, orange-brown inside. Leaves alternate, obovate-oblong, 15 - 20 x 5.5 - 7.5 cm, obtusely apiculate or short acuminate, narrowed at the base, entire, coriaaeous; midrib grooved above; nerves in 10 - 12 pairs; venation obscure; petioles 1.5 - 2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary umbellate cymes, 5 - 6.5 cm long, including 3 cm long peduncle; branchlets of umbels 3 - 5-flowered; bracts small, caducous. Flowers bisexual. Calyx cup shaped, 2 - 2.5 mm long, obscurely lobed up to the middle, glabrous. Petals 4 mm long, white, fragrant, almost free. Filaments flat. Ovary ovoid. tapering to a subulate style. Drupes ellipsoid, 4 - 5 x 1 - 1.5 cm, narrower upwards.

Fl. & Fr. : Feb - March.

Distrib. India: In swampy places or in forests. Nicobar Islands.

Sri. Lanka and Malesia.

Notes. A very handsome pyramidal tree with laurel like foliage. The young leaves are coppery red.

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