Drypetes jaintensis (C.B.Clarke ex Brandis) Pax & K. Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 251. 1922; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 4: 179. 1940; Chakrab. et al. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 266, f. 5. 1997. Cyclostemon jaintensis C.B.Clarke ex Brandis, Indian Trees 567. 1906.

Shrubs or small trees, ca 2 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves oblong to oblong-elliptic, unequal at base, repand-denticulate along margins, bluntly acuminate to subacute at apex, 13 - 15 x 4 - 5 cm, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 7 - 10 pairs; petioles 5 - 6 mm long, glabrous. Flowers: not seen. Infructescences axillary. Fruits subsessile, ovoid-ellipsoid, 15 - 18 x 13 - 15 mm, initially pubescent, finally glabrous, thin-walled, 2-locular, 1-seeded; persistent stigmas 2, suborbicular, ca 1 mm broad.

Fr. March.

Distrib. India: Primary forests, between 650 - 1100 m altitudes, very rare. Meghalaya.

Endemic.