Accession Data

Artabotrys hexapetalus

Common Name: Ylang-Ylang

Family: Annonaceae

Synonym(s): Artabotrys odoratissimus R.Br., Artabotrys uncinatus (Lam.) Merr.

Country of Origin: India

Description: Shrubs to 10 m tall, climbing. Branchlets glabrous or glabrescent. Petiole 4-8 mm; leaf blade oblong to broadly lanceolate, 6-16(-25) × 2.5-6(-8) cm, papery, abaxially glabrous or only midvein puberulent, adaxially glabrous, secondary veins 8-16 on each side of midvein and adaxially prominent, base cuneate to acute, apex acuminate to acute. Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers 2.5-3 cm in diam., fragrant. Sepals green, ovate, 5-8 mm, sparsely puberulent. Petals greenish to yellowish, oblong-lanceolate, 3-4.5 × 0.9-1.6 cm, outside basally densely pubescent, contracted nearly to base but basally expanded. Stamens oblong; connectives apically 3-angular. Carpels oblong, glabrous. Monocarps ovoid, 2.5-4 × ca. 2.5 cm, glabrous, apex conspicuously apiculate. Seeds pale brown, 1.5-2 cm, smooth. Fl. May-Aug, fr. May-Dec. 2n = 16.3

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession #: 199900584

Accession Date: 1999-10-05 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 1211

Quantity: 1

Source: Maugeri ex CRFG

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: magnoliids

Order: Magnoliales

Family: Annonaceae

SubFamily: Annonoideae

Tribe: Xylopieae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
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References

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Thursday, May 18, 2017.
  2. Artabotrys hexapetalus at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Thursday, August 31, 2017.
  3. Artabotrys hexapetalus at Flora of China. Last accessed on Friday, 21 December, 2018.

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Artabotrys hexapetalus