An account of three species of the genus Meliola occurring on Lecythidaceae in India is presented here, viz. Meliola indica Syd. & P. Syd., recollected on Barringtonia acutangula in the southern Western Ghats, Meliola careyae (Stev.) Hosag. comb. nov. and Meliola careyae (Stev.) var. indica var. nov.