Herbarium JCB

Michelia nilagirica Zenker

Family : MAGNOLIACEAE
(Magnolia Family)
Family (Hindi name) : SON CHAMPA FAMILY (सोन चम्पा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : MAGNOLIACEAE
Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Magnolia nilagirica (Zenker) Figlar
Common name : White Champak, Neilgiri Champak
Vernacular name : Peela Champa (Kannada); Kattuchempakam, Vellachempakam (Malayalam)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Shola forests
Comments / notes : On moist deciduous hill to evergreen montane forests above 1250m. Extensive timber logging and its restricted distribution has made this species threatened
Key identification features : Bark brown, cracked, blaze grey. Follicles yellow-warty. Seeds 1-2 scarlet.
Flower, Fruit : March-August
Collection Nos : CS & HSS 60
Distribution :
- Karnataka : BR Hills (Chamarajanagar district), Chikkamagaluru district, Mysuru district
- Kerala : Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Idukki district, Thiruvananthapuram district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district, Madurai district, The Nilgiri district, Tirunelveli district
Native : India
World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
Conservation Status : Vulnerable (VU)
Literature : Cecil J. Saldanha, S. R. Ramesh (1984). Flora of Karnatka State vol. 1. Oxford and IBH Publishing Co, New Delhi; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Henry, Kumari & Chithra (1983). Flora of Tamil Nadu, India vol. 1.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Michelia nilagirica. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.