Nothopegia travancorica Beddome ex Hook.f., Pl. Brit. India 2: 40. 1876.

Small trees; branches rusty tomentose. Leaves elliptic-oblong, 9 - 16 x 2.5 - 4 cm, caudate-acuminate, midrib pubescent at base, coriaceous; petioles 1 - 1.2 cm long, rusty pubescent. Racemes supra-axillary, 1 cm long. Male flowers 2 mm across. Calyx 4-lobed; lobes broadly ovate-lanceolate, 2 x 0.5 mm, glabrous with 5 - 6 thick, dark swellings on ventral side. Petals 4, oblong, 2.5 x 0.8 mm, glabrous above, villous at base. Stamens 4, 2 mm long; filaments villous; anthers sagittate, sparsely villous. Disc 4-lobed, 0.8 mm in diam., glabrous. Female flowers 5 mm across. Sepals and petals as in male flowers. Stamens much shorter, 0.8 mm long. Ovary 1.5 mm in diam., sessile; style indistinct; stigma slightly lobed. Drupes oval, 1 x 1.8 cm, compressed.

Fl. : Jan.

Distrib. India : Southern Western Ghats, ascending up to 1000 m. karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala. Endemic.