Antidesma keralense Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 24: 23, f. 1. 2000. A. bunius sensu M.Mohanan & A.N. Henry, Fl. Thiruvananthapuram 428. 1994, non (L.) Spreng. 1825.

Shrubs, ca 3 m tall, entirely glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute or sometimes rounded at base, caudate or acuminate at apex, 7 - 13 x 2.5 - 5 cm, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8 - 12 pairs; petioles 5 - 10 mm long, 1 – 2 mm thick. Flowers: not seen. Infructescences axillary, simple, 5 - 16 cm long; rachis appressed, yellow-puberulous to glabrous. Fruits obliquely ovoid-ellipsoid, compressed, 9 - 11 x 6 - 7 mm, black-brown when dry, alveolate; pedicels ca 1 mm long; style subterminal.

Fr. May.

Distrib. India: Rare, at about 1200 m altitude. Kerala (Chemungi, Thiruvananthapuram Dist., Mohanan 61834, Holotype in CAL).

Endemic.