Connarus sclerocarpus (Wight & Arn.) Schellenb. in Candollea 2: 98. 1925. Rourea sclerocarpa wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Or. 1: 262. 1834.; Schellenb. in Engl., Das Pflanzenr. 103: 253. 1938.

Scandent shrubs, with rusty pubescent, drooping, lenticelled branches. Leaves 1 - 2-jugate, 5 - 12 cm long, glabrous; leaflets ovate to subovate, 6 - 15 x 3 - 8 cm, apex abruptly shortly acuminate, base rounded, coriaceous; main nerves 4 - 5 pairs, confluent with the margin, thinly transversely reticulate. Panicles ca 15 cm long, terminal; rachis tomentose. Flowers numerous. Sepals 3.5 x 2 mm, acute, thickly coriacous, outer surface tomentose, inner surface glabrous, glandular-punctate. Petals 8 x 1.5 mm, acute, outer surface tomentose, inner surface glabrous. Stamens 10, all fertile; filaments glandular. Follicles oblong, 5 x 2.5 cm, laterally compressed, obliquely apiculate; stipe 1 cm long, deeply contracted; pericarp thick, outer surface glabrous, woody, valves woolly inside. Seeds solitary, arillate.

Fl. & Fr. : Nov. - April.

Distrib. India : Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.