Family: Annonaceae | Genus: Artabotrys | Species: Artabotrys hexapetalus (L.f.) Bhandari ( हरित चम्पा ) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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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