Desmos chinensis

Tags: Flowering Plant.

Desmos chinensis is a flowering plant of the custard-apple family Annonaceae.It is a vine or spreading shrub that may grow up to 4 m high if it finds an adequate support otherwise it rarely grows taller than 150 cm. The yellowish-green flowers are similar to the Ylang-ylang flowers therefore this plant is sometimes known as Dwarf Ylang-ylang. Their smell however is much less strong and is only felt in the morning.

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class

Magnoliopsida

division

Flowering plant

family

Annonaceae

genus

Desmos

kingdom

Plant

order

Magnoliales

synonym

* Desmos lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff., * Unona chinensis DC., * Unona discolor Vahl, * Unona dunalii Hook. f. & Thomson, * Desmos chinensis var. pubescens (Hook.f. & Thomson) Deb, * Desmos chinensis var. laevigatus (Hook.f. & Thomson) D.Mitra, * Desmos chinensis var. macropetalus (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.) Bân, * Desmos chinensis var. brevifolius (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Boerl.) Bân, * Desmos chinensis var. lawii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Bân, * Desmos dunalii (Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thomson) Saff.