Glochidion karnaticum Chakrab. & M.Gangop. in J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 19: 211, f. 7, G - K. 1995.

Stature unknown; branchlets glabrous. Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, acute at base, caudate at apex, 6 - 11 x 2.5 - 4 cm, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 - 7 pairs; petioles 2 - 3 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescences axillary, bisexual. Male flowers: pedicels filiform, 7 - 10 mm long; sepals narrowly oblong, elliptic to ovate, 1 - 2 x 0.5 - 1 mm, glabrous; anthers 3, ca 1 mm long. Female flowers: pedicels ca 2 mm long, puberulous; sepals oblong, 1 - 1.5 x ca 0.5 mm, puberulous outside; ovary subglobose, ca 1 mm in diam., 4-locular, glabrous; styles columnar, ca 1 x 0.4 mm; lobes 4, linear or triangular, ca 0.3 mm long, erect or spreading. Fruits subglobose, 2 - 3 x 4 - 5 mm, 4-locular, shallowly lobed with bilobulate lobes, crustaceous, glabrous.

Fl. & Fr. Jan. - Feb.

Distrib. India: Karnataka (N. Kanara District).

Endemic.