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 grandiflora Linn. |
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| Synonym | Magnolia angustifolia Millais, Magnolia elliptica (W.T.Aiton) Link, Magnolia foetida (L.) Sarg., Magnolia gloriosa Millais, Magnolia lacunosa Raf. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Him Champa | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | Large flowered Magnolia,Big-laurel, Evergreen Magnolia, Bull-bay, Large - flowered Magnolia, Southern Magnolia | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Himchampa | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 800m | Fruit Type | Aggregate |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruiting receptacle cone like about 5-10 cm long, brown with bright red kidney shaped seeds. Carpels, ovoid, compressed, rounded near the base, with beaks near at the apex about 3-5 mm long, seeds 2, compressed, ovoid, aril red, about 1.4-0.6 cm across, rounded at the base. |
| Habitat | Cultivated in gardens. | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | Asia: China, India, Pakistan; Europe; North America: Costa Rica, Honduras, Mexico, United States of America; South America: Columbia, Ecuador. | Bark Details | Bark dark to grayish brown, scaly fissured. |
| Distribution in chandigarh | Chandigarh Botanical Garden and Nature Park, Sector 18, Sector 19 | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Small trees about 50-90 ft tall. Bark dark to grayish brown, scaly fissured. Young parts densely brown tomentose, glabrous when mature, but young leaves glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, oblong-elliptic, elliptic-obovate, base obtuse or rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse, acute to shallow mucronate at the tip, petiole pubescent, furrowed, stipules pilose, without stipular scars. Flowers bisexual, solitary, fragrant, white or cream colored. Perianth parts about 9-12, glabrous, obovate-oblong, apex acute, across, petals almost the same size. Stamens numerous, crimson red colored. Gynoecium obovoid or ellipsoid, densely long tomentose. Fruiting receptacle cone like brown with bright red kidney shaped seeds. Carpels, ovoid, compressed. | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, oblong-elliptic, elliptic- obovate, base obtuse or rounded, margin entire, apex obtuse, acute to shallow mucronate at the tip, petiole pubescent, furrowed, stipules pilose, without stipular scars. |
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