Vasilis Teodoridis:
Annonaceae | Artabotrys
Artabotrys hexapetalus (Linn. f.) Bhandari
Artabotrys hexapetalus (Linnaeus f.) Bhandari; Bayleia 12: 149. 1964.
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???? Annona hexapetala Linnaeus f.; Suppl. Pl. 270. 1781; A. uncinata Lamarck; Artabotrys odoratissimus R. Brown ex Ker; A. uncatus (Loureiro) Baillon; A. unicinatus (Lamarck) Merrill; Unona uncinata (Lamarck) Dunal; Uvaria esculenta Roxburgh ex Rottboel; U. odoratissima Roxburgh; U. uncata Loureiro.
???? Shrubs; climbing; to 10 m tall. Branchlets glabrous or glabrescent. Petiole 4--8 mm; leaf blade oblong to broadly lanceolate; 6--16(--25) X 2.5--6(--8) cm; papery; adaxially glabrous; base cuneate to acute; apex acuminate to acute; midvein abaxially puberulous to glabrous; lateral veins 8--16 pairs and elevated on both surfaces. Inflorescences 1- or 2-flowered. Flowers 2.5--3 cm in diam.; fragrant. Sepals green; ovate; 5--8 mm; sparsely puberulous. Petals greenish to yellowish; oblong-lanceolate; 3--4.5 X 0.9--1.6 cm; outside basally densely pubescent; contracted nearly to base but basally expanded. Stamens oblong; connective apex 3-angular. Carpels oblong; glabrous. Fruiting carpels ovoid; 2.5--4 X ca. 2.5 cm; glabrous; apex conspicuously apiculate. Seeds pale brown; 1.5--2 cm; smooth. Fl. May--Aug; fr. May--Dec. 2n = 12.
???? Widely cultivated; rarely naturalized; 100--300 m. Fujian; Guangdong; Guangxi; Hainan [native to S India and Sri Lanka].
???? The flowers are fragrant and used in perfume and tea. The fruit are used as a medicine for scrofula.