Elaeocarpus munroi is a species of flowering plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family.

It is endemic to the Western Ghats of southern India, in the states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, and Karnataka.

[1] It was first formally described in 1838 by Robert Wight who gave it the name Monocera munroii in his book Illustrations of Indian Botany.

[3][4] In 1874, Maxwell T. Masters changed the name to Elaeocarpus munroi in the Hooker's Flora of British India.

[2][5] The specific epithet (munroi) honours the botanist, William Munro.