Drypetes wightii is an evergreen tree species endemic to the Western Ghats, India.

The shape of the leaves is elliptic with a slight asymmetric base and an acuminate apex.

The ovary is about 2 x 1 mm, ellipsoid and with a single locule with two ovules, sparsely puberulous to glabrous.

[4][5] The species occurs in the Western Ghats mountains in the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala from Wynaad and the Nilgiris in the North to the Anamalai Hills.

[4] It has been reported to occur at a density of 6 to 24 stems per hectare in tropical wet evergreen forests in different locations.