Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre
ചെമ്പകം
| Family: | MAGNOLIACEAE |
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| Sub-Family: | Not available | ||||
| English Name: | Golden Champa | ||||
| Synonym: | Michelia champaca L. | ||||
| Common Name: | Yellow champa | ||||
| Flowering & Fruiting Period: | March - July | ||||
| Distribution: | Indo-Malaysia and China | ||||
| Habitat: | Evergreen forests, also grown as garden plant | ||||
| Uses: | Remedy for eye disorders, headache, essential oil yielding, aphrodisiac, timber yielding, ornamental. The aromatic, bitter bark is sometimes used for the adulteration of cinnamon. The bark is used as a febrifuge. A decoction of the bark and leaves is given after childbirth. The flowers are used to treat leprosy. | ||||
| Key Characteristics: | Champak is an evergreen tree, 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. | ||||