Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_artabotrys_hexapetalus
Climbing Ylang-ylang
Artabotrys hexapetalus
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About Climbing Ylang-ylang
A climbing shrub with oblong to broadly lance-shaped leaves and persistent hooked flowering stalks that attach to supporting vegetation. Fragrant flowers have six greenish-to-yellowish petals in two whorls. Clusters of pointed, ovoid fleshy fruit units turn yellow when ripe and contain smooth pale-brown seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.
Kauaʻi evidence
Generated media is not occurrence evidence. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Artabotrys hexapetalus
- Common names
- climbing ylang-ylang · ylang-ylang vine
- Other names
- Artabotrys hexapetalus · climbing ylang-ylang · ylang-ylang vine
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-07
- Evidence limits
- Island-level public occurrence only. Representative compact shrub with supported climbing shoots; growth size varies.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Not yet assessed
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Climbing or scandent shrub
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Occupied area and vegetation cover; Mature plants and new recruits; Reproductive plants and fruiting frequency. Proposed monitoring endpoints are not reported observations, measured effects or causal findings.
- Data gaps
- Current island extent and population trend · Measured local ecological effects
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- A climbing shrub with oblong to broadly lance-shaped leaves and persistent hooked flowering stalks that attach to supporting vegetation. Fragrant flowers have six greenish-to-yellowish petals in two whorls. Clusters of pointed, ovoid fleshy fruit units turn yellow when ripe and contain smooth pale-brown seeds. Established wild occurrence warrants observations of occupied cover, reproductive plants and new recruits. These measurements can test persistence and spread. The reviewed accounts do not quantify an island-wide effect on Kauaʻi native vegetation.