Excoecaria cuspidata (Müll.Arg.) Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 14: 182. 1990 & ibid. 18: 205, f. 2. 1994. E. himalayensis (Klotzsch) Müll.Arg. var. cuspidata Müll.Arg. in Linnaea 32: 122. 1863. E. acerifolia Didr. var. cuspidata (Müll.Arg.) Müll.Arg. in DC, Prodr. 15(2): 1222. 1866. E. acerifolia sec. Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 473. 1888 (non Didr. 1857), p. p., quoad spec. montibus Khasia; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 208. 1940.

Stature unknown. Leaves alternate, narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to obovate or oblanceolate, acute at base, distantly repand-serrulate along margins, acuminate to caudate-acuminate at apex, 6 - 9 x 1 - 2 cm, thinly coriaceous; lateral nerves 6 - 10 pairs, obscure to faint above, conspicuous beneath; petioles 5 - 10 x 1 - 1.5 mm. Flowers not seen. Fruits axillary or terminal, solitary (always?), tricoccous, ca 9 mm in diam., smooth, thin-walled, blackish brown when dry, on ca 5 mm long pedicels; seeds suborbicular, ca 4 mm in diam., marbled.

Fr. Dec.

Distrib. India: In primary forests between 300 to 1200 m altitudes. Very rare. Meghalaya.

No recent collection seen. The only specimen seen is: Khasi hills, Shaila, 9 Dec. 1871, C. B. Clarke 14865 (CAL).

China.