Drypetes andamanica (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 261. 1922; M.P.Nayar in Red Data Book of Indian Pl. 3: 119. 1990. Hemicyclia andamanica Kurz [Rep. Veg. Andaman Isl. 47. 1870] in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 240. 1873 & Forest Fl. Burma 2: 365. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 338. 1887.

Trees, 5 - 15 m tall, almost glabrous. Leaves oblong to elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, unequalsided or occasionally rounded at base, shallowly sinuate-denticulate or repand-serrulate to entire along margins, caudate-acuminate or acute at apex, 6 - 15 x 2 - 5.5 cm, thinly coriaceous, glossy; lateral nerves 9 - 14 pairs, scarcely thicker than the tertiaries; petioles 3 - 10 mm long. Inflorescences axillary, the males fascicled, the females often solitary. Male flowers: 10 - 12 mm in diam.; pedicels 3 - 4 mm long; sepals 4 or 5, orbicular, 3 - 4 mm across, the outer coriaceous, the inner thinner; stamens 10 - 22, 5 - 6 mm long; anthers oblong to narrowly ovoid, ca 2 mm long; disc lobulate along margins, 1.5 - 2 mm in diam. Female flowers: pedicels 3 - 6 mm long; sepals 4, orbicular to obovate, 4 - 5 x 3 - 4.5 mm; disc annular; ovary ovoid, ca 2 x 1.6 mm, glabrous, 1- locular; stigma sessile, flabellate. Fruits obovoid, 1.6 - 1.8 x 1 - 1.3 cm, 1-locular, glabrous, smooth, thin-walled, yellow when dry; pedicels 4 - 10 mm long, yellowish pustulate.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - June.

Distrib. India: Semievergreen or secondary forests, at low altitudes. Andaman Islands.

Myanmar.

Uses. The fruits are edible. Wood used for making charcoal.