Antidesma tetrandrum Blume, Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1124. 1826 - 27; Chakrab. & A.K.Roy in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 5: 168. 1984.

Trees, 10 - 20 m tall; branchlets tomentellous to glabrous. Leaves oblong to oblongelliptic or widely so, rounded, obtuse or acute at base, acuminate at apex, 9 - 25 x 3 - 10 cm, thinly coriaceous to membranous, glabrous or sparsely pilose on midrib above, sparsely pilose on major nerves beneath; lateral nerves 7 - 12 pairs; petioles 5 - 25 mm long; stipules foliaceous, broadly ovate, elliptic, orbicular or spathulate, 6 - 20 x 4 - 14 mm, persistent. Male inflorescences terminal and axillary, few-branched, 5 - 10 cm long; pedicels 0.5 - 1.5 mm long; calyx ca 1 x 1.5 mm, puberulous; lobes 4, deep, deltoid, acute; disc lobulate, the lobules enclosing the bases of filaments; stamens 4 - 6, ca 2 mm long; anther-thecae ca 0.3 mm across; pistillode turbinate. Female inflorescences terminal, ca 8 cm long, few-branched, scattered fulvous to glabrous; flowers not seen. Fruits obliquely oblong, compressed, 3 - 4 x 2 - 3.5 mm, puberulous to glabrous, alveolate; style lateral; calyx ca 2 mm in diam., with 4 broadly triangular lobes; pedicels ca 2 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. Apr. - Dec.

Distrib. India: Common in inland hill forests or dense mixed forests on rocky loam, up to 100 m altitude. Nicobar Islands.

Sumatra, Java and Lesser Sunda Islands.