Artabotrys hexapetalus

Manoranjitham, the climbing ylang-ylang, is a shrub found in India through to Burma, southern China and Taiwan,[1] having flowers that are renowned for their exotic fragrance.[2] It is also called ylang-ylang vine or tail grape in English, with a variety of names in other languages.[2][1] The yellow colored flowers of this plant are very fragrant.[3] The flowers are greenish in the beginning and turn yellow with age. They are long lasting with a fruity pleasant smell.[2] When young it is a shrub that turns into a climber once it attains the height of about 2 meters.[1]

Artabotrys hexapetalus
Artabotrys hexapetalus flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Annonaceae
Genus: Artabotrys
Species:
A. hexapetalus
Binomial name
Artabotrys hexapetalus
Synonyms
  • Annona hexapetala L.f. Synonym
  • Annona uncinata Lam. Synonym
  • Anona uncinata Lam. Synonym
  • Artabotrys hamatus (Dunal) Blume Synonym
  • Artabotrys intermedius Hassk. Synonym
  • Artabotrys odoratissimus R.Br. Synonym
  • Artabotrys uncata (Lour.) Baill. Synonym
  • Artabotrys uncatus (Lour.) Baill. Synonym
  • Artabotrys uncinatus (Lam.) Merr. Unresolved
  • Unona esculenta Dunal Unresolved
  • Unona hamata Blume Unresolved
  • Unona uncata (Lour.) Dunal Synonym
  • Unona uncinata Dunal Unresolved
  • Uvaria esculenta Roxb. ex Rottler Synonym
  • Uvaria hamata Roxb. Unresolved
  • Uvaria odoratissima Roxb. Synonym
  • Uvaria uncata Lour. Synonym

It is a large woody climber or half-scandent shrub and originated in South China, Burma (Myanmar), the Philippines and India. Its flowers are axillary, solitary, or in clusters of two or three, greenish yellow in color when ripe and give a strong smell resembling that of ripened jackfruit. Hence its name in Bengali is 'Kanthali champa' (jackfruit-champa). It flowers almost all year but more during the summer and the rains. It is unsuitable for small gardens because of its huge size. It needs pruning to keep it in shape. Propagation is from seeds or layers.[4]

  • Fruits
    Fruits
  • Leaves
    Leaves
  • Hook
    Hook

See also

References
  1. "Artabotrys hexapetalus". Asianplant.net. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  2. "Artabotrys hexapetalus - Hari Champa". Flowersofindia.net. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  3. "Artabotrys hexapetalus - Hortipedia". En.hortipedia.com. 2009-04-21. Retrieved 2013-03-25.
  4. Floriculture in India By Gurcharan Singh Randhawa, Amitabha Mukhopadhyay. Page 182
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