Aspidopterys wallichii
Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 421. 1874.
Hindi: Jugter.
Climbers; branches slender, white-woolly. Leaves ovate, rounded or subcordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, 10 - 17.5 x 3 - 6 cm, glabrous above, densely silky-white tomentose beneath; petioles 10 - 12 mm long, white-tomentose. Panicles 12 - 28 cm long, lax. Flowers ca 8 mm across; buds oblong or obovate, 4 - 5 x 1.75 - 3 mm; pedicels 4 - 12 mm long in buds, 17 - 22 mm long in fruits, articulate slightly below middle at 8 - 10 mm from base. Calyx lobes ovate, 1 - 1.5 x 1 mm, glabrous. Petals obovate, 4 - 5 x 2 - 3 mm, white or creamy-yellow. Filaments 1.5 - 2 mm long; anthers ovoid, ca 0.75 mm long. Ovary white-woolly; styles ca 3 mm long; stigma capitate. Samaras orbicular-oblong to ovate, rounded atbase,retuse at apex, 2 - 4.5 x 1.8 - 3.5 cm, pale grey, ecristate; carpophore ca 3.5 mm long.
Climbers; branches slender, white-woolly. Leaves ovate, rounded or subcordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, 10 - 17.5 x 3 - 6 cm, glabrous above, densely silky-white tomentose beneath; petioles 10 - 12 mm long, white-tomentose. Panicles 12 - 28 cm long, lax. Flowers ca 8 mm across; buds oblong or obovate, 4 - 5 x 1.75 - 3 mm; pedicels 4 - 12 mm long in buds, 17 - 22 mm long in fruits, articulate slightly below middle at 8 - 10 mm from base. Calyx lobes ovate, 1 - 1.5 x 1 mm, glabrous. Petals obovate, 4 - 5 x 2 - 3 mm, white or creamy-yellow. Filaments 1.5 - 2 mm long; anthers ovoid, ca 0.75 mm long. Ovary white-woolly; styles ca 3 mm long; stigma capitate. Samaras orbicular-oblong to ovate, rounded atbase,retuse at apex, 2 - 4.5 x 1.8 - 3.5 cm, pale grey, ecristate; carpophore ca 3.5 mm long.
KEY TO THE VARIETIES
| 1a. Samaras orbicular-oblong to ovate, 2 - 4.5 x 1.8 - 3.5 cm, pale grey; pedicels ahort, stout; carpophore ca 3.5 mm long | 14.2. wallichii |
| b. Samaras elliptic, 1.6 - 2.4 x 1.3 - 2 cm, deep brown with white shades; pedicels longer, slender; carpophore ca 3 mm long | 14.1. dehradunensis |
