Haryana Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Haryana (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre,Forest Research Institute, Dehradun

Complete Taxonomic details of Species: Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari 

Family: Annonaceae Genus: Artabotrys Species: Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari ( हरित चम्पा )

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Synonym nnona hexapetala L.f., Artabotrys intermedius Hassk., Annona uncinata Lam., Unona uncata (Lour.) Dunal, Uvaria odoratissima Roxb. Flower Color Greenish
Common Name Hartit Champa, Harichampa Flower Type Solitary
English / Trade Name Tail grape Flowering Period Jan-Dec
Vernacular /Local Name Hartit Champa Fruiting Period Jan-Dec
Altitude 800-1300m Fruit Type Drupe
Habit Shrub Fruit Details Fruits are 3-4 cm long when ripe, ovoid and smooth.
Habitat Miscellaneous Forest and cultivated, Bark Type Fissured
Distribution Native of Tropical Asia Bark Details Bark grayish brown, fissured.
Distribution in Haryana Gurgaon, Kurukshetra, Morni-Pinjore Origin Native
    Leaf Type Simple
    Leaf Arrangement Alternate (leaves born singly along stem)
    Leaf Shape Lence shaped
Description of Species Bushy shrub, about up to8 m long. Bark dark brown, thin, branchlets puberulous, glabrescent or glabrous when mature. Leaves simple, alternate, lanceolate-elliptic to oblong, margin entire, apex acute or shallow acuminate, chartaceous, dark green, shining, glabrous above. Inflorescence solitary or in pairs, on a hooked peduncle at the apex and middle, peduncle somewhat compressed and drooping. Flowers bisexual, fragrant; sepals 3, ovate or somewhat triangular, apex acute, connate at the base, greenish outside or yellowish green inside, about 5-8 x 6 mm across; petals 6 in 2 rows, rarely 9, ovate-lanceolate, base clawed saccate coherent, apex obtuse, greenish yellow when young and yellow when mature. Carpels few, sickle shaped, pubescent or glabrous, seeds 1-2, oval-oblong, brown, deeply grooved on one side. Leaf Details eaves simple, alternate, lanceolate-elliptic to oblong, margin entire, apex acute or shallow acuminate, chartaceous, dark green, shining, glabrous above
 

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