Hypserpa nitida Miers ex Benth., Hooker’s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 258 (1851) (syn: Cocculus cuspidatus Wall. ; Hypserpa borneensis (Miq.) Becc. ; Hypserpa cuspidata (Hook.f. & Thomson) Miers ; Hypserpa cuspidata var. microphylla (Miq.) Boerl. ; Hypserpa heteromera Miers ; Hypserpa jagorii Diels ; Hypserpa laevifolia Diels ; Hypserpa nandinifolia Yamam. ; Hypserpa pauciflora Miers ; Hypserpa praevaricata Miers ; Hypserpa propensa Miers ; Hypserpa triflora Miers ; Hypserpa uniflora Miers ; Limacia borneensis Miq. ; Limacia cuspidata Hook.f. & Thomson; Limacia microphylla Miq. );
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SE. India, Sri Lanka, Assam to China (S. Yunnan to S. Fujian) and W. & Central Malesia: Andaman Is., Assam, Bangladesh, Borneo, Cambodia, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, India, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand as per POWO;
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Scandent shrubs or woody vines. Bark brown, branches striate, branchlets sparsely or densely pubescent when very young, glabrescent when mature. Leaves simple, alternate, variable, lanceolate-elliptic, oblong-elliptic to broadly ovate, 4-12 x 1.5-7 cm across, base truncate, obtuse to rounded, margin entire, apex acuminate or obtuse with mucronate tip, coriaceous, dark green, glabrous above, paler glaucous beneath, basal veins 3, main lateral veins about 2 pairs, impressed above and prominent on the middle basal vein beneath, sometimes sparsely pubescent along the veins, veinlets fine and close, petiole stout, glabrous, about 1-2 cm long. Inflorescence axillary, supra axillary, panicle of cymes, creamish yellow, pubescent, about 2-10 cm long. Flowers unisexual. Male flowers, sepals 7-11, in 2 series, outer series smaller, sub-triangular, puberulous outside, about 1 mm long, inner sepals 4-5, rotund to ovate, larger, about 2.5-1.5 mm across, petals 5, obovate, about 1 mm long, stamens about 10,free, base connate, about 1-2 mm long. Female flowers, sepals and petals similar as in male flowers, carpels 2, ellipsoid or subglobose, glabrous, about 1 mm long. style scar basal. Fruits drupes, obovoid or subglobose, glabrous, slightly compressed, yellowish to maroon when ripe, about 2-5 mm across, endocarp bony, obovate, rugulose, faintly tubercled, sometimes perforate. Seeds curved.
Forests margins, altitude from sea level to 2000 m.
(Attributions: Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India. Indian Bioresource Information Network (IBIN), Department of Biotechnology, New Delhi, India as per India Biodiversity Portal )
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100625PKD1: Regarding identification of the climber species collected from Odisha on June 2025: 5 high res. images.
Climber/ Lauraceae ??
A member of Menispermaceae. This is likely to be Hypserpa nitida
yes, It looks like Hypserpia nitida, it is recorded in North coast of A.P which is adjacent to Orissa.
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration Flora of Sri Lanka India Biodiversity Portal iNaturalist