Taxon: Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre

Common names:

• champac   (Source: Websters Dict [as Michelia champaca]) – English
  
• michelia   (Source: Herbs Commerce ed2 [as Michelia champaca]) – English
  
• Champaca   (Source: HerbSpices [as Michelia champaca]) – German
  
• champaca   (Source: Names Watson [as Michelia champaca]) – India
  
• champakam   (Source: Names Watson [as Michelia champaca]) – India
  
• parfymmichelia   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Zander ed17, as Michelia champaca)
  
• Invertebrate food: silkworms   (fide Dict Econ Pl, as Michelia champaca)
  
• Materials: essential oils   (fide Pl Book, as Michelia champaca)
  
• Materials: wood   (fide Pl Book, as Michelia champaca)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2, as Michelia champaca; Herbs Commerce ed2, as Michelia champaca)
  

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  China: China - Xizang [s.e.], Yunnan [s.]
• ASIA-TROPICAL
  Indian Subcontinent: Bangladesh; India - Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Sikkim, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal
  Indo-China: Myanmar; Thailand; Vietnam
  Malesia: Indonesia - Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra; Malaysia [Malaya]

• also cultivated

References:

• Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986–1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. [= Michelia champaca].
• Figlar, R. B. & H. P. Nooteboom. 2004. Notes on Magnoliaceae IV. Blumea 49:96.
• Mabberley, D. J. 1997. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. [= Michelia champaca].
• Watson, J. F. 1868. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products. [= Michelia champaca].
• Webster's third new international dictionary. [= Michelia champaca].

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Magnolia champaca.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Magnolia champaca.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Magnolia champaca.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Michelia champaca L. (basionym)
  (previously associated with 16 accessions)

Check other web resources for Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre:

• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Magnolia champaca cultivars
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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