Trees & Plants

Climbing ylang-ylang

Champaapool A

Artabotrys hexapetalus (L. f.)

Grown as an ornamental plant The fragrant flowers are used to treat vomiting, itch, foul breath and leucoderma. A decoction of the leaf is a remedy for cholera and malaria. Th reat: The plant is listed as one of the worst invasive horticultural plants in Hawaii. or or

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uses: The fragrant flowers are used to treat vomiting, itch, foul breath and leucoderma. A decoction of the leaf is a remedy for cholera and malaria. Th reat: The plant is listed as one of the worst invasive horticultural plants in Hawaii. or or
family: Annonaceae
synonym: Annona hexapetala L.f., Artabotrys odoratissimus R. Br.
description: Woody climbers. Leaves Th × alternate, 6-15 2- 4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at base, shortly acuminate at apex. Flowers solitary or paired on terminal or leaf opposed hooked peduncles, ca. 2 cm across, fragrant; pedicels ca. 1 cm long. × Sepals ovate, recurved, 5-7.5 5-6 mm, pubescent. Petals lanceolate, saccate or × concave at base; outer ones 2-3 0.5-0.7 cm; the inner slightly smaller. Stamens many, anthers beaked concealing the anther cells. Carpels many, oblong; ovules 2; stigma clavate. Fruitlets 14-20, ovoid, apiculate, 3-4 cm long; seeds brown
native range: Tropical Asia
distribution: Grown in the tropics f.) Bhandari
english names: Climbing ylang-ylang
flowering fruiting: January- May
occurrence maldives: Grown as an ornamental plant