Artabotrys speciosus Kurz

 
  • Family : ANNONACEAE
    (Custard Apple Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SITAPHAL FAMILY (सीताफल फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Annonaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Artabotrys speciosus Kurz ex Hook.f. & Thomson
  • Habit : Climber
  • Habitat : Evergreen inland forests.
  • Comments / notes : Easily known by its hooked branchlets and its often somewhat bluish and glossy leaves. Seeds dispersed by barochory i.e., gravitational dispersal.
  • Key identification features : A woody climber with dark-coloured finely-furrowed stems, and bearing woody recurved hooked branchlets on which the flowers are borne. Flowers long, yellow; petals linear, blunt.
  • Flower, Fruit : March-April
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : North and Middle Andaman,South Andaman
  • Native : Andaman Is., Myanmar
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Parkinson, C.E. 1923. A Forest Flora of the Andaman Islands, Govt. of India, Shimla: 78
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Artabotrys speciosus. Downloaded on 4 October 2024.

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