Tetracera sarmentosa (L.) Vahl subsp. andamanica (Hoogl.) Hoogl. in Blumea 9: 588. 1959. T. asiatica (Lour.) Hoogl. subsp. andamanica Hoagl. in Fl. Males. I, 4: 144. 1951, cum deser. angl. Delima sarmentosa L. var. glabra Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit. India 1: 31. 1872.

Shrubs, up to 3 m tall, or lianas, up to 6 m long, much branched; young branches and inflorescence 8 strigose with sparse or dense divergent tufts of 3 - 12 hairs. Leaves elliptic, obovate or oblong, rounded or cuneate at base, acute to obtuse at apex, subentire or shallowly serrate in upper part, 5 - 12 x 2 - 6 cm, sparsely stigose on nerves and midrib beneath; lateral nerves 10 - 14 pairs, scabrid with minute papillose hairs on both surfaces, sparsely hirsute between nerves above and on nerves beneath; petioles 1 - 2 cm long. Flowers 7 - 10 mm across; pedicels 2 - 7 mm long. Sepals 5, broadly elliptic, outer 2 ca 2 x 1.5 mm, inner 3 ca 4 x 3 mm, hirsute outside. Petals 3, white or yellowish white, obovate, 3 - 4 x 2 - 3 mm. Stamens 100 - 125, each 3 - 4 mm long.Carpels ovoid, ca 2 x 1.5 mm; style ca 3 mm long. Follicles ovoid, 6 - 10 x 5 - 6 mm, with 2 - 5 mm long beaks, glossy purplish, 1(-2)-seeded. Seeds ovoid, ca 4 x 3 mm, black; aril pale, up to 5 mm long, fimbriate above.

Fl. May - Oct.; Fr. June - Feb.

Distrib. India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Myanmar and Malaysia.

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