• Family : MALPIGHIACEAE
  (Malpighia Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : MADHAVI LATA FAMILY (माधवी लता फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : MALPIGHIACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Aspidopterys cordata (B.Heyne ex Wall.) A.Juss.
• Vernacular name : Buryel, Bokadvel (Marathi)
• Habit : Climbing shrub
• Habitat : Dry and moist deciduous forests
• Flower, Fruit : August-January
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district
  • Karnataka : Belagavi district, Ballari district, Chikkamagaluru district, Hassan district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Uttara Kannada district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : Pullaiah et al., 2002 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 1; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan district; Saldanha, 1996; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 – Flora of Coorg district; N.P.Singh, 1988. Flora of Eastern Karnataka
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Aspidopterys cordata. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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