Buchanania sessilifolia Blume, Mus. Bot. 1: 185. 1850; Balakr. & Rao in Jain & Rao, Threatened Pl. India 194. 1983. B. acuminata Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 1: 472. 1858; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 24. 1876.

Trees, up to 10 m tall. Leaves obovate-oblong, oblanceolate, spathulate or elliptic-oblong, 8 - 25 x 5.5 - 7 cm, apex abruptly acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous; petioles absent, rarely up to 1 cm long. Panicles 18 - 20 cm long, rusty tomentose. Flowers 1.5 mm across, subsessile. Calyx lobes ovate, pubescent. Petals oblong, 2 x 1 mm, glabrous..Stamens 8, 1.2 mm long; filaments subulate; anthers sagittate. Disc 1 mm in diam., 8-crenated. Ovary 1 mm long. Drupes obliquely ovoid, 12 x 8 - 10 mm.

Fl. & Fr. : July - Aug.

Distrib. India: Assam and Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Myanmar, Malesia, Indonesia and Thailand.