Sabia limoniacea Wallich ex Hook.f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 1: 210. 1855; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 3. 1876. Sabia malabarica Beddome, Ic. Pl. Ind. 1: 39. 1874; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 2. 1876.

Evergreen, woody climbers, up to 10 m tall. Leaves oblong-ovate to oblong-lanceolate. 4 - 18 x 1.5 - 6.5 cm, apex acute, base acute to rounded, nerves 5 - 9 pairs, glabrous to sparsely pubescent. Panicles 7 - 15 cm long, often subtended stamens at the base. by small leaves, axillary, solitary, glabrous, many-flowered. Sepals 5, glabrous, broadly ovate to elliptic, 0.7 - 1.2 x 0.6 - 1 mm, margin ciliolate. Petals elliptic to ovate, 1.75 - 2.5 x 1.25 - 2 mm, 5-nerved. Stamens 5, unequal, 1.5 - 2 mm; filaments somewhat flattened. Ovary ovoid or conical, glabrous; styles 0.5 m long; stigma minute. Druplets globular to obovoid.

Fl. & Fr. : Sept. - April.

Distrib. India : In thickets and woods mainly at 300-1200 m. West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam, Nagaland, Tripura, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo and China.