Connarus andamanicus Mondal in J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 15: 459 - 460. 1991.

Scandent shrubs; branches and leaves perfectly glabrous. Leaves trifoliolate, rarely 5-foliolate; leaflets elliptic. to ovate, 6 - 9 x 3.5 - 5 cm, apex obtusely acuminate, base rounded, coriaceous, glossy above; petiolules stout, 0.5 cm long; nerves 3 - 5 pairs, reticulations obscure. Panicles much branched and spreading; bracts scaly, minute. Flowers bisexual, 6 - 6.5 mm long. Sepals orbicular-obtuse, 1.5 - 2 x 0.75 - 1 mm, keeled, both sides covered with densely appressed tomentum. Petals fleshy, linear, 5.5 - 6 x 1 mm, margin wavy, both sides densely-appressed tomentose. Stamens 10, 5 shorter and sterile, connate at the base, filaments sparsely glandular-pubescent. Ovary and half of the style densely pilose; style slender; stigma capitate.

Fl. & Fr. : Sept. - March.

Distrib. India : Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

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