Record Number
5872
PROSEA Handbook Number
5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers
Taxon
Michelia champaca L.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Michelia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
This article should be read together with the article on the genus: Michelia in the Handbook volume indicated above in this database.
Synonyms
Michelia pilifera Bakh. f., Michelia velutina auct. non DC.
Vernacular Names
Orange chempaka (En). Indonesia: cempaka kuning (general), capaka (Halmahera), cempaka (Javanese). Malaysia: champaka (Sabah), chempaka, chempaka merah (Peninsular). Philippines: champaca (general). Burma (Myanmar): mawk-sam-lung. Laos: cham pa. Thailand: champa (general), champa khao, champa pa (peninsular). Vietnam: ng[oj]c lan.
Distribution
From India and Burma (Myanmar) to Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands; possibly native only to India, now commonly cultivated throughout the tropics.
Image
 | Michelia champaca L. – 1, tree habit; 2, flowering twig; 3, infructescence; 4, sectioned flower; 5, stamen; 6, seed. |
Author(s)
U.A. Dasuki
Correct Citation of this Article
Dasuki, U.A., 1998. Michelia champaca L.. In: Sosef, M.S.M., Hong, L.T. and Prawirohatmodjo, S. (Editors): Plant Resources of South-East Asia No 5(3): Timber trees; Lesser-known timbers. PROSEA Foundation, Bogor, Indonesia. Database record: prota4u.org/prosea
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