Bark
Grey-brown, smooth, with lenticels; hook-like modified peduncles for climbing
Artabotrys hexapetalus
Syn. Annona hexapetala
IUCN Red List
Not Evaluated
(NE)
Local name
- Climbing ylang-ylang (English)
- Manoranjitham (Tamil)
- Hari Champa (Hindi)
Climber type
Evergreen
Deciduous
Family: Annonaceae
Indicated uses
Medicinal
Edible
Ornamental
Avenue
Other
Flowering & fruiting
Flowering
Fruiting
Key characters
Leaves
Simple, alternate, oblong-elliptic, glossy, entire
Flower
Fragrant; 6 petals turning green to yellow; borne on woody hooks
Fruit / Seeds
Clusters of ovoid green to yellow berries (monocarps), 1 - 2 seeds each
Did you know?
The fragrance is likened to ripe jackfruit, hence the Bengali name ‘Kanthali champa’. It flowers almost all year, more in summer and the rains. The woody, persistent hook is a modified flower stalk that hardens after gripping a support.
Distribution
Native to India and Sri Lanka and parts of SE Asia; widely cultivated in India