Glochidion calocarpum Kurz in Trimen, J. Bot. 13: 330. 1875 & Forest Fl. Burma 2: 343. 1877; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 309. 1887; Chakrab. & Vasudeva Rao in Econ. Bot. 44: 413. 1990.

Shrubs or trees, 2 - 12 m tall, entirely glabrous. Leaves asymmetric, oblong, elliptic to suborbicular or ovate to oblong-ovate or occasionally obovate, unequal at base, apiculate to acuminate or often obtuse to rounded at apex, (6.5 -) 10 - 25 x (3 -) 5 - 11.5 cm, thinly coriaceous to chartaceous, often glossy; lateral nerves 6 - 10 (- 12) pairs; petioles 3 - 8 mm long. Inflorescences many-flowered. Male flowers: pedicels 5 - 8 mm long; sepals oblong to ovate, 1.5 - 2 x 1 - 1.6 mm; anthers ca 8, 1 - 1.5 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels 3 - 5 x ca 0.6 mm; sepals ovate, triangular or oblong, 1.5 - 2.5 x 0.6 - 1.5 mm; ovary subglobose, 1 - 1.5 mm in diam., 5 or 6-locular; style conical, 1.7 - 4 mm long; lobes 5 or 6, triangular or orbicular, 0.2 - 0.5 mm long. Fruits depressedsubglobose, 5 - 7 x 13 - 16 mm, deeply 5 or 6-lobed with the lobes bilobulate or rounded; pedicels 6 - 12 mm long.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Dec.

Distrib. India: From coastal forests to inland evergreen forests on rocky or clayey soil at low altitudes; very common in Nicobar Islands, but scarce in Andaman Islands. Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Endemic.

Uses. The bark and seeds are anti-amoebic. For skin diseases, tribes on Nicobar Islands apply the bark and seeds after pounding into a paste.