Hari Champa / Climbing Ylang-Ylang
Artabotrys hexapetalus
Also known as Bhandari Vine, Tail Grape
- Habit
- Liana
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- January-May
How to identify Hari Champa
Identify Hari Champa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a liana habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Hooked tendril-like flower stalks, strongly fragrant flowers (climbing ylang-ylang).
- Confirm flower colour: Yellow.
- Confirm flower arrangement: Solitary.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-May.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Annonaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Hari Champa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Artabotrys hexapetalus
- Genus
- Artabotrys
- Family
- Annonaceae
- Habit
- Liana
- Native to
- India
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indo-Malaysia, Java, South China
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Goa, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Annonaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Yellowrecorded“The yellow colored flowers of this plant are very fragrant.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Flower arrangement
- SolitaryrecordedA single flower borne alone, not in a cluster.“Its flowers are axillary, solitary, or in clusters of two or three, greenish yellow in color when ripe and give a strong smell resembling that of ripened jackfruit.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Berry
Characters marked “recorded” are for Hari Champa itself; the rest are typical of the Annonaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Hindi
- हरी चम्पा Hari Champa, कटहरी चम्पा Katahari Champa, मदनमस्त Madanmast
- Nepali
- कनक चम्पा Kanak Champa
- Bengali
- কাঁঠালী চাঁপা Kanthali Champa, ম̆নোর̑ঞ্জিনী Manoranjini, কাঁঠালি চাঁপা
- Tamil
- மனோரஞ்ஜிதம் Manoranjitham, மனோரஞ்சிதம்
- Kannada
- ಕಂದಾಳ ಸಂಪಿಗೆ Kandaala Sampige, ಮದನಮಂಜರಿ Madanamanjari, ಮನೋರಂಜನಿ Manoranjini
- Malayalam
- മദനകാമേശ്വരി Madanakameshwari, മനോരഞ്ജിനി Manoranjini, മനോരഞ്ജിതം Manoranjitham
- Marathi
- हिरवा चाफा Hirva Chafa, मदनमस्त Madanmast
About Hari Champa
Climbing Ylang-Ylang (Artabotrys hexapetalus) belongs to the Annonaceae family, where it grows as a woody climber. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Kerala and 7 other states. Flowering and fruiting run from January to May.
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Hari Champa belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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