Aspidopterys canarensis commonly known as the Kanara climber is a liana species endemic to the Western Ghats of India, belonging to the family Malpighiaceae.Gnanaolivu, S.D., Erinjery, J.J., Campera, M. and Singh, M., 2025. lydekkerianus malabaricus) in the Western Ghats, India. The species has a restricted natural distribution, occurring only in a few pockets of semi-evergreen forests in Kerala and Karnataka.
Description Leaves are hairless, ovate to elliptic-lance shaped and long-pointed. Flowers are clustered in slender stalks, borne in leaf axils or leafscars. Bracts and sepals are velvety. Petals are yellow. Samara is nearly circular and papery.
Phenology Flowering: February-May.
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