WorldFloraDB - Artabotrys hexapetalus

Characteristics

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.

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A climbing evergreen shrub. It can grow to 5 m long. The leaves are oval to sword shaped. They are rubbery and glossy. They are 13 cm long and in opposite ranks. The flowers are creamy yellow. They occur singly or in pairs. One of the pair is modified into a hook which helps the plant to climb. The flowers have a sweet banana-like smell. The fruit is in grape like clusters.

Is a tall woody climber which is cultivated in Nairobi (Kenya, Nairobi Arboretum, 10 Mar. 1952, Greenway 8719 !). In Nairobi it forms a shrub about 2–5 m. tall.. According to R. O. Williams (U.O.P.Z.: 131 (1949)) a few plants are in cultivation in Zanzibar.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

shrub

Growth support

climber

Foliage retention

evergreen

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

-

Mature height (meter)

4.5 - 5.5

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

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Environment

A tropical plant. It suits hardiness zones 10-12. It suits moist and humid locations. It needs fertile, well drained soil. It does best in full sun. In Yunnan.

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Dry low country, in forests, rather common, forming often dense masses of matted woody stems overhead in Sri Lanka.

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Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

The flowers are used to make a tea drink. CAUTION: The seeds, leaves and immature fruit are used as an insecticide.

Uses	afforestation environmental use essential oil etheric oil fiber flavouring material medicinal ornamental perfumery tea
Edible	flowers
Therapeutic use	Spasm (aerial part), Antifungal agents (flower), Anti-arrhythmia agents (fruit), Cardiotonic agents (fruit), Hypotension (fruit), Spasm (fruit), Anthelmintics (leaf), Antifungal agents (leaf), Cholera (leaf), Contraceptive agents (leaf), Estrogen receptor modulators (leaf), Sexual debility (leaf), Malaria (root), Spasm (root), Medicine (unspecified), Cardiovascular system (whole plant excluding root), Central nervous system diseases (whole plant excluding root), Parasympatholytics (whole plant excluding root)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Plants can be grown from seed or by air-layering. It needs a strong support to grow over.

Mode	seedlings
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Optimum temperature (C°)	-
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Productivity	-

Images

Leaf

Artabotrys hexapetalus leaf picture by chaa moon (cc-by-sa)

Flower

Artabotrys hexapetalus flower picture by Knut Sierotzki (cc-by-sa)

Fruit

Distribution

Identifiers

LSID	urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:72395-1
WFO ID	wfo-0000549776
COL ID	GVBP
BDTFX ID	-
INPN ID	448207
Wikipedia (EN)	Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Unona hamata Artabotrys intermedius Unona uncinata Unona esculenta Uvaria sinensis Artabotrys uncatus Artabotrys uncinatus Annona hexapetala Artabotrys odoratissimus Artabotrys uncata Uvaria uncata Unona uncata Uvaria esculenta Uvaria odoratissima Annona uncinata Artabotrys odoratissimus Artabotrys hamatus Artabotrys hexapetalus

WorldFloraDB 2024

Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.F.) Bhandari

Climbing ilang-ilang (en)

Species

Angiosperms > Magnoliales > Annonaceae > Artabotrys