Chandigarh Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Chandigarh (India)
Designed & Developed by Bioinformatics Centre, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Magnoliaceae | Genus: Magnolia | Species: Magnolia champaca (Linn.) Baill. ex Pierre |
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| Synonym | Michelia champaca Linn. | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | Champa | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Joy Perfume Tree, Golden Champa,Yellow Champa,Fragrant Champaca,Orange Chempaka | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Champa | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 600-2000 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Follicles, warty, 2-3 cm long, arranged as spike, dehiscing dorsally; seeds 1, scarlet. |
| Habitat | Occasional tree in low and medium elevation evergreen forests. Also cultivated. | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | Java, Malaya, Burma, Bangladesh, India, Nepal. Cultivated in Pakistan and elsewhere. | Bark Details | Bark surface smooth, grey to greyish-white, inner bark fibrous, yellow to brown, crown conical to cylindrical. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary, Rock garden | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Lence shaped | ||
| Description of Species | Medium to large trees, 9-24 m tall; bark dark grey. Young shoots rusty tomentose. Leaves 13-25 cm long, 4.5-8.5 cm broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sparsely rusty hairy on both sides, ultimately glabrous except on veins and midrib, apex acuminate, base acute; stipules densely rusty-pubescent. Flowers solitary, axillary, 5-7 cm in diameter, fragrant; bracts coriaceous, with rusty or golden tinged hairs; pedicel 3-5 mm long. Perianth of 12-15 (-20) segments each, 2-3.5 cm long, 0.3-l.2 cm broad, subequal, pale yellow to yellow. Stamens 5-7 mm long; filaments l.5-2 mm long; connective prolonged into a triangular apical appendage about 1 mm long: Carpels many, free; ovary 4 mm long, unilocular, 2- several ovuled. Fruiting axis 5-10 cm long. Follicles l-2 cm long, nearly as broad as long, brown, sparsely hairy and covered with warty excrescences, dehiscing from the top downwards on the dorsal side or sometimes along both sides. Seeds l-2 or several, 5-12 mm long, brown, polished, usually rounded on the back. | Leaf Details | Leaves 13-25 cm long, 4.5-8.5 cm broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sparsely rusty hairy on both sides, ultimately glabrous except on veins and midrib, apex acuminate, base acute; stipules densely rusty-pubescent. |
