Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar

 
  • Family : MAGNOLIACEAE
    (Magnolia family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SON CHAMPA FAMILY (सोन चम्पा फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Magnoliaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Magnolia excelsa Jacques; Magnolia excelsa Wall.; Michelia calcuttensis P.Parm.; Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Michelia excelsa (Wall.) Blume; Michelia manipurensis Watt ex Brandis; Michelia wardii Dandy; Sampacca excelsa (Wall.) Kuntze
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar
  • Common name : Manipur Magnolia, Temple Magnolia, Doltsopa, Sweet Michelia
  • Vernacular name :
    • Leihao-leisang (Manipuri)
    • Raanee Chaap (Nepali)
    • Zo-ngiau (Mizo)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Evergreen oak forests, 1830-2500 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : Often cultivated; a very valuable timber tree used for building and furniture making. At an altitude of about 1300- 1700 m.
  • Key identification features : Trees up to 20 m high with lax crown, branchlets ferruginous tomentose. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers 7-12 em across, white to pink, mildly fragrant. Follicles ovoid.
  • Flower, Fruit : February-March
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri district,Tawang district,Siang district
  • Native : Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 69
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 235
    • P.K. Hajra, D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri. Flora of India, Sereies 2 : Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. pp. 74.
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Magnolia doltsopa. Downloaded on 14 June 2024.

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