Microtropis stocksii Gamble in Kew Bull. 1916: 132. 1916 & Fl. Pres. Madras 1: 206. 1918; Ramamurthy in Saldanha & Nicholson, Fl. Hassan Distt. 322. 1976; Ramamurthy in Fl. Tamil Nadu 1: 75. 1983.

Small trees; branchlets black, glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblanceolate, 7.5-15 x 2.5-6.5 cm, apex acute base cuneate, margin reflexed, coriaceous; nerves distinct on lower surface. Flowers in clusters. Fruit oblong, 1.5-2 cm long.

Fl. & Fr. : March - Dec.

Distrib. India: Western Ghats, at 1600 m. Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.