Glochidion bourdillonii Gamble in Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 330. 1925 & Fl. Madras 2(7): 1308. 1925 (repr. ed. 2: 915. 1957); Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 187, f. 1. A - E. 1995. G. rigidum sensu Bourd., Forest Trees Travancore 334, 1908, non Müll.Arg. 1863.

Trees, 4 - 10 m tall, entirely glabrous. Leaves narrowly oblong, elliptic-oblong to elliptic or ovate-lanceolate, unequal at base and decurrent into petioles at the extreme base, apiculate to acuminate at apex, 4 - 12 x 2 - 5.5 cm, thinly coriaceous to chartaceous; lateral nerves 4 - 8 pairs; petioles 3 - 6 mm long. Inflorescences axillary or slightly supra-axillary, up to 12-flowered, often shortly pedunculate. Male flowers: pedicels 6 - 10 mm long; sepals oblong-elliptic to subspathulate, 2 - 4 x 1 - 2 mm; anthers 3, ca 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 1 - 5 mm long; sepals triangular, ovate to oblong, 0.7 - 1.5 x 0.3 - 1.2 mm; ovary depressed subglobose, 1 - 2 mm in diam., 4 or 5-locular; styles 4 or 5, initially free, deltoid, triangular or orbicular, 0.4 - 0.8 mm long, connivent or erect, finally connate and turbinate or subglobose or cylindric (with 0.5 - 1 mm long basal column), 1.2 - 2 x 1.2 - 3 mm; lobes looking like free styles. Fruits subglobose, somewhat depressed, 3 - 4 x (5 -) 7 - 10 mm, 4 or 5-locular, deeply lobed with the lobes mostly bilobulate; pedicels up to 5 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. March - Sept.

Distrib. India: Subtropical evergreen forests or sholas, often near streams, between 1000 - 2100 m altitudes, common. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.

Endemic.