Botanical name:
Drypetes oblongifolia (Bedd.) Airy Shaw
Basionym: Laneasagam oblongifolium Bedd.
Location: Tamil Nadu, India.
Habit: Trees, 5 - 25 m high.
Habitat: Rare in evergreen forests of Western Ghats, often along streams and river banks between 200 - 1500 m altitudes.
Distribution: India (Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala) and ?Sri Lanka.