Drypetes eglandulosa (Roxb.) Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 249. 1922; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 178. 1940; Chakrab. et al. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 261. 1997. Hopea eglandulosa Roxb., Fl. Ind., ed. Carey 2: 611. 1832. Cyclostemon eglandulosus (Roxb.) Kurz in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 42(2): 240. 1873 & Forest Fl. Burma 2: 364. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 341. 1887.

Trees, 12 - 15 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic or ovateoblong, unequal at base, entire, acuminate at apex, 5 - 8 x 2 - 3 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 8 pairs; petioles 3 - 8 mm long. Male flowers: not seen. Female flowers: axillary, solitary or in pairs; pedicels 10 - 15 mm long; sepals 4, obovate, 4 - 5 x 2 - 3 mm, puberulous outside; disc annular; ovary subglobose, ca 3 mm in diam., 2-locular, 2-lobed, densely pubescent; stigmas 2, sessile, flabellate, ca 1 mm across. Fruits unknown.

Fl. & Fr. Period unknown.

Distrib. India: Very rare. Assam and Tripura.

Bangladesh and Myanmar.

Notes. A very rare species never collected during the last more than 100 years. Except a few specimens prepared by Thomson, Griffith, Wight and Wallich from cultivated plants in Calcutta Botanic Garden, no collection from wild was seen. The live plant does not exist in the Garden now.