B. frerei (locally called shindel makudi and shiv suman), is a small succulent endemic to the forest area in the Western Ghats and Deccan plateau in Maharashtra state in India.

[2][3] At one time, it was on the IUCN list of twelve most endangered species on earth, but conservation efforts have brought it back from the brink of extinction.

[3] The plant was described in 1865 by Nicol A. Dalzell, who dedicated the new genus Frerea, to Henry Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay at that time.

[2] Molecular phylogenetics and morphological similarities have lumped this plant into the genus Boucerosia, though to many it is still referred to as Frerea indica.

Boucerosia frerei is known only in six areas in Maharashtra state in west India, growing at elevations between 750 and 1,347 m (2,461 and 4,419 ft), preferring crevices on cliffs.