To me it looks different and also no distribution as per FOPI:
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=9663&cat=7

I feel it may be
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/tetrastigma-sulcatum/
https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1153214-Tetrastigma-sulcatum
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=9665&cat=7

On Sun, 8 Feb 2026 at 11:00, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:

> Thanks Saroj ji.
> Yes, I have seen this web page of Flora of Sri Lanka.
> My observation is a close match with the features seen in the photos on
> this page.
> In my observation, I find:
>
>    - The vine I found is above 1,600 metres (observed at 2,100 m)
>    - The woody climber (liana) has terete stems, heavily tuberculate
>    - 3-5 foliolate thick leathery leaves
>    - Leaflets, 4 to 6 pairs of primary veins, low number
>    - Mature leaflets, sub-entire, with very distant, shallow notches
>    - Flowering & fruiting of *T. nilagiricum* typically occurs between
>    December and March in the Nilgiris
>
> Regards.
> Dinesh
>
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 10:28 AM Saroj Kasaju <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.floraofsrilanka.com%2Fspecies%2F974&ved=0CBoQjhxqFwoTCNCIl9KNyZIDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAI&opi=89978449
>> Thank you.
>>
>> Saroj Kasaju
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Feb 8, 2026 at 12:53 AM Dinesh Valke <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> *FOR VALIDATION ::*
>>> ¿ *Tetrastigma nilagiricum* (Miq.) B.V.Shetty ?
>>> The Nilgiris :: Jan 28, 2026 · 8:22 AM IST
>>> along Ooty - Kotagiri Highway, about 2169 m asl
>>> ------------------------------
>>> [image: ¿ Tetrastigma nilagiricum (Miq.) B.V.Shetty123 ?]
>>> <https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/337699360>
>>> Regards.
>>> Dinesh
>>>
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