Artabotrys hexapetalus
Read about Artabotrys hexapetalus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Artabotrys odoratissimus, R. Br. Climbing Ylano-ylang. Alang-ilang Songsong. Tail-grape. Alang-Ilang De China. A woody climber or half-scandent shrub: young branches puberulous, at length glabrous: Lvs. short-petioled, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, acute at the base, thin, coriaceous, both sides glabrous, glossy, reticulate between the lateral nerves: hooked peduncles 1- or 2-fld., extra-axillary, usually opposite a lf. or subterminal; fls. rather large, greenish to yellow, very fragrant; petals flat, glabrous, or silky- puberulous at the base, thick and coriaceous, lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate, nearly 2 in. long when full-grown, constricted near the base and connivent over the essential parts, widely spreading above the constriction, inner petals similar to the outer but slightly smaller; stamens numerous, short and thick, wedge-shaped, with the connective broadly dilated above the 2 pollen- sacs, which are adnate on the back of the fleshy filament and open extrorsely by longitudinal fissures; ovaries glabrous, several, each with 2 erect ovules at the base; styles linear-oblong or club-shaped: berries plum-like, clustered on the hardened receptacle, oblong, narrowed at the base, nearly sessile, with a small point at the apex, smooth, yellow and fragrant when ripe. S. China, Formosa, India, Ceylon, Burma, Philippine Isls. B.R. 423.—A species widely cult, in the warm countries of the eastern hemisphere and in conservatories, for its fragrant fls. and frs. This species is tender in Cent. Fla. and should be banked with dry sand. It needs rich soil and should be well fertilized each year. Easily prop. by seeds.
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