Aspidopterys balakrishnanii Srivastava in J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 4(3): 1003. 1983.

Climbers; branches slender, villous when young. Leaves broadly elliptic or ovate, rounded or shallowly cordate at base, acuminate at apex, 9 - 12 x 7 - 8.5 cm, glabrous above, sparsely villous beneath, hairs dense and rusty-brown on midnerves and lateral nerves. Panicles 12 - 16 cm long, rusty-villous. Buds 1.5 - 3 x 1 - 2 mm, glabrous; pedicels in buds 2.5 - 6 mm long, villous, in fruits ca 1.8 cm long, glabrous, articulate at ca 1 cm from base. Calyx-lobes ca 1 x 0.5 mm, glabrous. Samaras ovate, 2 - 3 x 2 - 2.5 cm, each wing extended into an ovate auricle at base; auricles ca 1 - 1.2 x 0.5 - 0.7 cm; carpophore ca 2.5 mm.long.

Fl. & Fr. Aug. - Dec.

Uttar Pradesh and W. Bengal.

Endemic.