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Michelia champaca L.

Synonym: Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
Michelia champaca L.
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🗒 Synonyms
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🗒 Common Names
English
  • Joy Perfume Tree
Indian Languages
  • Champakam
  • Shenbagam
Other
  • Champa
  • Champaka
  • Champakam
  • Champak Or Champac
  • Dodda Sampige Mara
  • Golden/ Yellow/ Orange/ Fragrant Champa
  • Sampige
  • Serjo-asing (Mishing).
  • Shamba
  • Shenbagam
  • Tita sopa (Ass.)
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Occasional trees in low and medium elevation evergreen forests, up to 2400 m. Also cultivated.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors
ayyappan Narayanan
StatusUNDER_CREATION
LicensesCC_BY
References
    Tree
    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Contributors
    StatusUNDER_CREATION
    LicensesCC_BY
    References
      Diagnostic Keys
      Trees, ca 25m. Leaves 8-25X4-10cm
      Sanjib Barua
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        Description
        Habit

        Trees, buttressed, up to 30 m tall.

        Trunk & Bark

        Bark grey, lenticellate; blaze cream with orange speckles.

        Branches and Branchlets

        Branchlets terete with annular scars of caducous stipules, glabrous; apical bud covered by sericeous lanceolate stipules.

        Leaves

        Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1-3 cm long, stout and planoconvex in cross section; lamina 9.5-25 x 3.5-9 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate with twisted acumen, base acute to attenuate, margin slightly undulate, glabrous, chartaceous; midrib nearly flat above; secondary nerves 12-16 pairs; tertiary nerves closely and strongly reticulate.

        Inflorescence / Flower

        Flowers solitary, axillary, large, yellow, fragrant.

        Fruit and Seed

        Follicles, warty, 2-3 cm long, arranged as spike, dehiscing dorsally; seeds 1, scarlet.

        B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
        References
          Habit: Tree
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors
          StatusUNDER_CREATION
          LicensesCC_BY
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Fl.& Fr.: March – July
            Sanjib Barua
            AttributionsSanjib Barua
            Contributors
            StatusUNDER_CREATION
            LicensesCC_BY
            References
              Reproduction
              Seeds
              Sanjib Barua
              AttributionsSanjib Barua
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              StatusUNDER_CREATION
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                Life Expectancy
                Perennial
                Sanjib Barua
                AttributionsSanjib Barua
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                StatusUNDER_CREATION
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                  Growth
                  Perennial
                  Sanjib Barua
                  AttributionsSanjib Barua
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                    Morphology
                    Trees, ca 25m. Leaves 8-25´4-10cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base acute to cuneate, apex acuminate, coriaceous, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; lateral nerves 12-18 pairs; petioles ca 3cm, stipules up to 3cm, adnate to the petiole. Flowers 5-6cm across.
                    Sanjib Barua
                    AttributionsSanjib Barua
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                    StatusUNDER_CREATION
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                      Ecology
                      Occasional trees in low and medium elevation evergreen forests, up to 2400 m. Also cultivated.
                      B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                      AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                      Contributors
                      StatusUNDER_CREATION
                      LicensesCC_BY
                      References
                        Occaisionally found
                        Sanjib Barua
                        AttributionsSanjib Barua
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                          Miscellaneous Details
                          Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous Forests, Cultivated in Plains
                          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                          Contributors
                          StatusUNDER_CREATION
                          LicensesCC_BY
                          References
                            No Data
                            📚 Habitat and Distribution
                            General Habitat
                            Evergreen forests
                            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                            AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                            Contributors
                            StatusUNDER_CREATION
                            LicensesCC_BY
                            References
                              Description
                              Indomalaysia and China; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
                              B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                              AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
                              Contributors
                              StatusUNDER_CREATION
                              LicensesCC_BY
                              References
                                Global Distribution

                                India: Andaman & Nicobar Island, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Southern India

                                Indian Distribution

                                Throughout Assam

                                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                                AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                                Contributors
                                StatusUNDER_CREATION
                                LicensesCC_BY
                                References
                                  Global Distribution

                                  India, Nepal, Indonesia, Malaysia, Sri-Lanka.

                                  Sanjib Barua
                                  AttributionsSanjib Barua
                                  Contributors
                                  StatusUNDER_CREATION
                                  LicensesCC_BY
                                  References
                                    Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg,Hassan, Mysore, N.Kanara, Shimoga, Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Kottayam, Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: All districts
                                    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                                    AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                                    Contributors
                                    StatusUNDER_CREATION
                                    LicensesCC_BY
                                    References
                                      No Data
                                      📚 Occurrence
                                      No Data
                                      📚 Demography and Conservation
                                      Risk Statement
                                      Common
                                      Sanjib Barua
                                      AttributionsSanjib Barua
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                                        Threats
                                        Threats recoded
                                        Sanjib Barua
                                        AttributionsSanjib Barua
                                        Contributors
                                        StatusUNDER_CREATION
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                                          Protection Legal Status
                                          It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
                                          Sanjib Barua
                                          AttributionsSanjib Barua
                                          Contributors
                                          StatusUNDER_CREATION
                                          LicensesCC_BY
                                          References
                                            No Data
                                            📚 Uses and Management
                                            📚 Information Listing
                                            References
                                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983,Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kerala, Vol I, 2005, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002
                                            Information Listing > References
                                            1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983,Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kerala, Vol I, 2005, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002

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