Climbing Ylang-Ylang
Artabotrys hexapetalus
Also known as Bhandari vine, Tail grape, Hari Champa
About Climbing Ylang-Ylang
Artabotrys hexapetalus, the climbing ylang-ylang, is a shrub found in India through to Burma, southern China and Taiwan, having flowers that are renowned for their exotic fragrance. It is also called ylang-ylang vine or tail grape in English, with a variety of names in other languages. The yellow colored flowers of this plant are very fragrant. The flowers are greenish in the beginning and turn yellow with age. They are long lasting with a fruity pleasant smell. When young it is a shrub that turns into a climber once it attains the height of about 2 meters. It is a large woody climber or half-scandent shrub and originated in South China, Burma (Myanmar), the Philippines and India.
Description adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
- Flowering & fruiting
- January-May
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
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
Annonaceae
Custard apple family
Climbing Ylang-Ylang belongs to the Annonaceae family.
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