Aspidopterys floribunda Hutch. in Bull. Misc. Inform. 1917: 95. 1917. A. glabriuscula A. Juss. var. brevicuspis Niedenzu in Arbeitn Bot. Inst. Koenigl. Lyceums Hosianum Brauonsberg 6: 15. 1915.

Climbers; young branches almost glabrescent. Leaves elliptic or ovate-elliptic, rounded to subcordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, 7 - 11 x 4 - 6.5 cm, glabrous above, appressed pubescent on nerves beneath; petioles 7 - 10 mm long. Panicles ca 30 x 15 cm, rusty-pubescent; pedicels fasciculate, ca 2 - 5 mm long, rusty-pubescent below, glabrescent above articulation. Calyx-lobes elliptic-obovate, rounded at apex, ca 1 mm long, glabrous. Petals elliptic-obovate, ca 3 mm long, glabrous. Filaments ca 1 mm long, glabrous; anthers ca 0.6 mm long. Ovary glabrous. Samaras oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4 - 5 x 1.5 - 2.5 cm, pale brown.

Fl. & Fr. May - Nov. ( -Jan.).

Distrib. India: Assam, Meghalaya and Sikkim.

China.