Turpinia montana (Blume) Kurz in J. As. Soc. Bengal 44: 182. 1875; Linden in Fl. Males. 1, 6(1): 55. 1960. Zanthoxylum montanum Blume, Bijdr. 248. 1825. ("Xanthoxylum").

Shrubs or trees, up to 15 m tall. Leaflets 3 - 7, elliptic to oblong, 3 - 10 x 1.5 - 7.5 cm, acuminate, dentate, glabrous, petiolules 0.5 - 3 cm; stipules 3 mm, pubescent, notched at apex. Panicles 18 cm long. Sepals ovate, 1 - 1.5 x 1.5 - 2 mm, glabrous, ciliate. Petals obovate, glabrous, ciliate, equal to sepals. Stamens 1.5 - 2 mm long. Ovary 3-loculed, each locule with 2 ovules. Fruit globular; pericarp less than 1 mm thin. Fruit globular.

Distrib. India: Tamil Nadu (Palni Hills).

Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, China, Sumatra and central and West Java.