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Magnolia nilagirica
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Family:
MAGNOLIACEAE
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Citation: Magnolia nilagirica (Zenk.) Figlar, Proc. Int. Symp. Magnoliac. 23. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 91. 2009.
Michelia nilagirica Zenk., Pl. Ind. 21. t.20. 1835; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 44. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 9 (6). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 45. 1990; D. C. S. Raju in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 175. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 58. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 3. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 238. 2000 N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 128. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattuchempakam, Vellachempakam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
White Champak
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Description:
Trees, 20 m high, blaze yellow; branchlets tomentose, lenticellate. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules 1-1.5 cm long, oblong, coriaceous, woolly, enclosing buds, deciduous, leaving an annular scar; petiole 15-20 mm long, slender, tomentose, grooved above; lamina 5-13 x 3-5.5 cm, obovate to elliptic-obovate, base cuneate or acute, apex acuminate or caudate acuminate, acumen twisted, margin entire, surface alveolate, glabrous above, villous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 13-18 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 7-10 cm across, axillary or terminal, solitary, enclosed by densely pubescent, spathaceous bracts; pedicel 8 mm long, stout; perianth lobes 9-12, 3-5 x 1.2-1.5 cm, obovate, inner smaller; stamens numerous, crowded at the base of gynophore; filaments short, flat; anthers up to 8 mm long, connective appendage 0.5 mm long; carpels many, superior, ovoid, sessile, pubescent. Fruit an aggregate of capsules, 0.8 x 0.8 cm, globose; seed one, scarlet.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1500
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Aruvampara, Pooyamkutty
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