Drypetes leiocarpa (Kurz) Pax & K.Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. IV.147.xv (heft 81): 251. 1922; Chakrab. et al. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 21: 266, f. 6. 1997. Cyclostemon leiocarpus Kurz in Trimen, J. Bot. 13: 330. 1875 & in J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45(3): 147. 1876; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 343. 1887.

Trees, 10 - 30 m tall; branchlets glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong to elliptic-oblong, unequal or symmetric and acute at base, entire, shortly acuminate to acute at apex, 8 - 15 x 2.5 - 4.5 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 8 - 12 pairs, scarcely thicker than the tertiaries; petioles 2.5 - 5 mm long. Flowers: not seen. Fruits axillary, globose, ca 2 cm in diam., 2-locular, faintly lobed, glabrous; stigmas 2, minute; pedicels ca 5 mm long.

Fr. Feb.

Distrib. India: Nicobar Islands (Kamorta Island).

Endemic.

Notes. Distinguished from the closely related D. assamica, D. bhattacharyae and D. subsessilis in the somewhat larger globose fruits. The only specimen available is the type collection.