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'''''Aspidopterys canarensis''''' commonly known as the '''Kanara climber''' is a liana species endemic to the Western Ghats of India, belonging to the family [[Malpighiaceae]].<ref>Gnanaolivu, S.D., Erinjery, J.J., Campera, M. and Singh, M., 2025. lydekkerianus malabaricus) in the Western Ghats, India.</ref> The species has a restricted natural distribution, occurring only in a few pockets of semi-evergreen forests in Kerala and Karnataka.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Sujana, K.A. |author2= George, N. |author3=John, J. |author4=Ragi, P.R. |author5=Kumar, N.A. |title=Phytochemical constituents, proximate analysis, antioxidant and antimicrobial properties of an endemic liana (''Aspidopterys canarensis'') |journal=International Journal of Bioassays |year=2014 |volume=3 |issue=9 |pages=3254–3258 |url=https://www.ijbio.com/articles/phytochemical-constituents-proximate-analysis-antioxidant-and-antimicrobial-properties-ofan-endemic-liana-aspidopterys-c.pdf}}</ref><br />
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== Description ==<br />
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.<br />
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== Phenology ==<br />
Flowering: February-May.<br />
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