Hildegardia populifolia

Endemic to the Eastern Ghats in Andra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.
The species is believed to have disappeared from all its recorded localities except for one on the forested eastern slopes of the Kalrayans Hills, where about 20 trees survive.
(From  IUCN Red List (CR) )

Here is a link of this critically endangered species from tropical dry evergreen forest of the Eastern Ghats of Tamil Nada and Andhra Pradesh:  http://www.malvaceae.Hildegardia.php
See the pictures here at: http://www.malvaceae.info/Hildegardia/gallery.html

This tree was photographed at FRLHT, IHST, Bangalore. 15th May 2014
Flowers are at the very top of the tree

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22092017BHAR – Critically Endangered species needs confirmation : 7 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1) – 5 MB

It is not possible to tell this apart from Thespesia populnea or any other taxon with similar kind of leaves, based on this single vegetative image only.
Only flowering/fruiting specimens can suggest anything conclusive..

Hildegardia populifolia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
Found in Auroville Botanical Garden, Tamil Nadu
I have attached Thespesia populnea for comparison.

Hildegardia populifolia : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1) – 2 Mb.
Found in Auroville Botanical garden this Summer.

Hildegardia populifolia
Found near Serapattu, Kalrayan hills of Eastern ghats.
November.