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Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre

Synonym: Michelia champaca L., Michelia rheedei Wight.

MAGNOLIACEAE

Local Names : ചെമ്പകം, Golden champa , Champak .

Flowering Period : March to July.

Distribution : Indo-Malesia and China 

Uses:   Ornamental, Eye problems, Aphrodisiac, essential oil, Timber yielding.

Exotic : No.

 Evergreen trees, bark surface grey with numerous pits. Leaves simple, alternate; lamina ovate, ovate-lanceolate, margin entire, wavy. Flowers bisexual, yellow or white, fragrant, axillary or terminal, solitary; perianth parts oblanceolate, fleshy; stamens numerous; carpels many, superior. Fruit an aggregate of capsules, ovoid to ellipsoid.

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