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Accession Data:

Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari

  • Common Name: Ylang-Ylang
  • Family: Annonaceae Juss.
  • 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
  • USDA Zone: 10a-11

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199900584
  • Source: Maugeri ex CRFG
  • Accession Date: 10-05-1999
  • Bench: 1211 - AUS:Ground Bed 1 SW
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024
  • Restrictions:
    • Potentially Invasive Plant - Plants are not to leave Greenhouse!

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: magnoliids
  • Order: Magnoliales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Annonaceae
  • SubFamily: Annonoideae
  • Tribe: Xylopieae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024
2023
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011

References (internal):

  • Basal Angiosperms (paleodicots)
  • Beverage Plants
  • Invasive Species
  • Type Species
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: China South-Central / China Southeast / Taiwan / Bangladesh / India / Sri Lanka / Myanmar

References (external):

  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.

data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:07:25 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Annonaceae

Subfamily Annonoideae
Tribe Annoneae

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Subfamily Annonoideae
Tribe Xylopieae

  • Artabotrys hexapetalus
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