Aspidopterys cordata
(Heyne ex Wallich) A. Juss. in Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2.
13: 267.1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 421. 1874. Hiraea cordata Heyne ex Wallich,
Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 13. 1829.
Guj.: Ghativel; Mar.: Buvel, Buryel; Tel.: Erikata.
Slender climbers; young branches white silky-tomentose, glabrescent with age. Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate-cordate, deeply cordate or rounded at base, abruptly acuminate at apex with broad acuminate tip, 5 - 14 x 4 - 13 cm, glabrous above, white silky-tomentose beneath; petioles 3.5 - 4 cm long. Panicles 9 - 20 cm long, white or flavidtomentose; peduncles decompound or compound. Flowers ca 1 cm across; buds oblong, 2 - 3 X 1.5 - 2 mm; pedicels 3 - 6 mm long in flowers, 11 - 14 mm long in fruits, slender, filiform, articulate below middle at about 5 - 6 mm from base, white-tomentose above articulation. Calyx-lobes ovate or elliptic, 2 - 3 x ca 1 mm, glabrous. Petals broadly oblong or oblong-elltptlc, obtuse, 4 - 5 x 2 - 2.5 mm, white or pale yellow. Filaments 2 - 5 mm long; anthers pale yellow, 1 - 1.5 x ca 0.5 mm. Ovary villous. Samaras suborbicular or slightly elliptic. tapering at base and membranous along margins, 2 - 3 x 1.5 - 2.2 cm, brown, glabrous.
Slender climbers; young branches white silky-tomentose, glabrescent with age. Leaves orbicular or broadly ovate-cordate, deeply cordate or rounded at base, abruptly acuminate at apex with broad acuminate tip, 5 - 14 x 4 - 13 cm, glabrous above, white silky-tomentose beneath; petioles 3.5 - 4 cm long. Panicles 9 - 20 cm long, white or flavidtomentose; peduncles decompound or compound. Flowers ca 1 cm across; buds oblong, 2 - 3 X 1.5 - 2 mm; pedicels 3 - 6 mm long in flowers, 11 - 14 mm long in fruits, slender, filiform, articulate below middle at about 5 - 6 mm from base, white-tomentose above articulation. Calyx-lobes ovate or elliptic, 2 - 3 x ca 1 mm, glabrous. Petals broadly oblong or oblong-elltptlc, obtuse, 4 - 5 x 2 - 2.5 mm, white or pale yellow. Filaments 2 - 5 mm long; anthers pale yellow, 1 - 1.5 x ca 0.5 mm. Ovary villous. Samaras suborbicular or slightly elliptic. tapering at base and membranous along margins, 2 - 3 x 1.5 - 2.2 cm, brown, glabrous.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Peduncles decompound; samaras smaller, tapering at base, wavy along margins | 3.1. cordata |
| b. Peduncles compound; samaras larger; rounded at base, entire along margins | 3.2. vermae |
