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Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre , Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 3 1880. (Syn: Michelia champaca L.; Michelia rufinervis Blume; Michelia tsiampacca Blume; Michelia tsiampacca var. blumei Moritzi);
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Common name: Champa, Joy Perfume Tree • Hindi: चम्पा Champa • Manipuri: লৈহাও Leihao • Marathi: Son Champa • Tamil: Sambagan • Telugu: Champangi • Kannada: Sampige • Bengali: চম্পা Champa • Oriya: Chompa • Konkani: Pudchampo • Urdu: Champa چمپا • Assamese: Tita-sopa • Sanskrit: Champaka
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Perhaps the most fragrant of the lot is Michelia champaca, and it as of a colour which could not be named and therefore anything (saree!) of the same colour is known as champai. It is soft vibrant orange, and the heady perfume is all-pervading during the bloom time. No wonder it is used in the manufacture of Joy, one of the most expensive perfumes in the world.
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Michelia champalka or “Sonchafa” is available in 3-4 different colors like white, pinkish, yellow and different tinges of yellow-pink combination.
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Michelia champaca saplings grown from seeds take about 12 to 15 years to flower, whereas grafted ones flower immediately within 2 to 3 years most often while still in their polythene bags.
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I would like to mention here that, the real champa (Michelia champaka) is common in South India and is a popular tree growing inside many temples compounds, as well as the flowers being sold outside the temples. On the other hand, “Plumeria alba” (also called “The Pagoda Tree” (orgin ally from Japan/China), is commonly grown in North India as an ornamental in gardens and along roadsides. It is erronously called “Champa” although it is not in any way related to the real “Champa = Michelia champaka”.
. Magnolia champaca, commonly called yellow jade orchid tree,[3] is a large evergreen tree, native to the Indomalaya ecozone (consisting of South Asia, Southeast Asia and some parts of China).[4]
It is best known for its strongly fragrant yellow or white flowers. It is, however, primarily cultivated for its timber, and is also used in urban landscaping. Its aril-covered seeds are highly attractive to birds.[5]
Common names in other languages include champaca, champak; Sonchaaphaa (सोन चाफ़ा) in the Marathi language; Chenbakam/Chenpakam (செண்பகம்) in Tamil; Chenbagam in Malayalam; shornochampa (golden champa), স্বর্ণচাঁপা in Bengali; champa, cempaka, sampenga and sampangi in Telugu; Sampige (ಸಂಪಿಗೆ) in Kannada; cempaka in Malay; jeumpa in Acehnese and shamba. All other names above apply to Plumeria varieties as well, with the exception of Sonchaaphaa, which is used exclusively for this particular subvariety in Western India. Some half a dozen varieties of Plumeria together with Magnolia champaca (three varieties) and two varieties of Ylang Ylang are generically called Chaaphaa in Marathi, Manoranjitam in Tamil, though in some cases, a further descriptor is added: the red plumeria variety, for instance, is Dev Chaaphaa or God’s Champa, and the two Ylang Ylang varieties each have a separate name as well.
The flowers are used in Southeast Asia for several purposes. Especially in India, they are primarily used for worship at temples whether at home or out, and more generally worn in hair by girls and women as a means of beauty ornament as well as a natural perfume. Flowers are used to be floated in bowls of water to scent the room, as a fragrant decoration for bridal beds, and for garlands.
“Magnolia champaca however is more rare and has a strong perfume, and is not that commonly or plentifully used – for example in hair it is worn singly or as a small corsage but rarely as a whole garland, and for bridal beds it is most often jasmine and roses while for bowls of water to be placed around rooms usually other, more colourful for visual decoration and less strongly perfumed flowers are used.”[7]
The flower is sometimes commonly called the ‘Joy perfume tree.’ Many niche perfumers are now once again using Champaca Absolute as single note fragrances.
(From on Wikipedia 5.3.14)
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Habit- Trees, buttressed, up to 30 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark grey, lenticellate; blaze cream with orange speckles.
Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets terete with annular scars of caducous stipules, glabrous; apical bud covered by sericeous lanceolate stipules.
Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1-3 cm long, stout and planoconvex in cross section; lamina 9.5-25 x 3.5-9 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate with twisted acumen, base acute to attenuate, margin slightly undulate, glabrous, chartaceous; midrib nearly flat above; secondary nerves 12-16 pairs; tertiary nerves closely and strongly reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower- Flowers solitary, axillary, large, yellow, fragrant.
Fruit and Seed- Follicles, warty, 2-3 cm long, arranged as spike, dehiscing dorsally; seeds 1, scarlet.
Occasional trees in low and medium elevation evergreen forests, up to 2400 m. Also cultivated.
Indomalaysia and China; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
michelia sapling for id: – Magnolia champaca Family: Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family) Synonym: Michelia champaca – it is Michelia champaca var. alba DC., Syst. nat. 1: 449, 1817; Sutaria, Syst. Bot. ed. 3, 39, 1942; Bose & Chowdhury, Trop. Gard. Pl. 56, 1991. Synonym: Michelia champaca x alba (DC.) Figlar Proc. internat. symp. fam. Magnoliac. 21, 2000 (“1998”). .
SYMBIOSIS: (Mixed thread) ….. Attaching two images on symbiosis. In one of the images a Greyheaded Myna is eating fruits of Michelia champak. In the other image a Tailed Jay butterfly is on Zinnia.
Location Chamba
Altitude 900 mts Habit Tree Habitat..?? Cultivated Height 20-25 mts Looks like pale flowered variety of Michelia champaca. Yes, it is *Michelia champaca*, a red listed medicinal plant. Wild populations can be seen in the evergreen forests of Kolli hills.
MS 140711 -39- Michelia champaca .: I am attaching the photographs of Michelia champaca from Mysore city. .
Sharad Ritu, Animism, and Magical Thinking: For those who know Gujarati, here is the ingenious Ninu Majumdar, never at a loss for intuition, taking flight in the gentle breeze of a languorous night.
These are the plants that appear in this fantasy :
ચપો : Michelia champaca [Champa]
મધુમાલતી : Quisqualis indica [Madhu-malati; Rangoon Creeper]
બકુલ : Mimusops elengi [Bakul; Borsali]
ગુલબાસ : Mirabilis jalapa [Gulbas; Four o’clock Flower]
જૂઈ : Jasminum auriculatum [Jui; Jasmine]
દર્ભ : Desmostachya bipinnata [Darbha / Kush Grass]
ડમરો : Ocimum basilicum [Damro; Marvo; Sweet Basil]
પીપળો : Ficus religiosa [Peepal]
Audio excerpt from a private recording of એક સુસ્ત શરદની રાતે by Ninu Majumdar [d. 2000]. did he set a tune to it and sing it , too…someplace? . Champa flower: In ths context, I would like to mention here that, the real champa (Michelia champaka) is common in South India and is a popular tree growing inside many temples compounds, as well as the flowers being sold outside the temples. On the other hand, “Plumeria alba” (also called “The Pagoda Tree” (orgin ally from Japan/China), is commonly grown in North India as an ornamental in gardens and along roadsides. It is erronously called “Champa” although it is not in any way related to the real “Champa = Michelia champaka”. The two plants belong to very different ‘families’ in botanical classification. The real champa (Michelia champaka) is classified in the Family Magnoliaceae, while the other plant is classified in the Family Apocynaceae“. Yes this useful information. I wish to add few things in this.
Michelia champalka or “Sonchafa” is available in 3-4 different colors like white, pinkish, yellow and different tinges of yellow-pink combination.
One can see all the sps along the slarge sunken lawn in Lal Baugh in Bangaluru.
Plumeria has the various sps grown in south india also. the normal wild yellow-white sps is growing throughout south India as well as North India. During last few years various sps and varieties are imported and succecefuly grown in various landscape gardens. The major sources of these sps are originated in Hawaii but brought in india through Thailand. Eventhough it is called as Pagoda tree in Budhist world, generally it is planted in cremetoria of various south east asian countries.
Flora of Haryana: Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre from CCSHAU Botanical garden: Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre from CCSHAU Botanical garden
Medium size tree
pls validate What’s the difference between Michellia chapaca and Magnolia champaka??? I think Synonym!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was also believing in the reverse way but checked and to my surprise Yes …, I generally check theplantlist for latest synonymy but a few times errors are there also Isn’t it a white champaca [Magnolia × alba (DC.) Figlar] which is a hybrid of Magnolia champaca and Magnolia montana. Could anyone confirm please. . Michelia champaca flowering: Michelia champaca saplings grown from seeds take about 12 to 15 years to flower, whereas grafted ones flower immediately within 2 to 3 years most often while still in their polythene bags. To help you with a list of native trees you could possibly plant please check this link.
Personally am not interested in Michelia champaca as its origins are obscure. Some reports indicate the genus includes about 6 species of trees natives of India, Burma & Malayasia, whereas another rates it as a frank exotic, a native of Java & Sumatra. Had planted one on my property at Shahapur, but later removed it, but do have one at my bungalow at Khandala. …, if you want both shade and beautiful flowers (in April, May only) I suggest Cassia fistula. It looks very beautiful when in flower and provide good shade also. Another tree I suggest is Neem which is a good shade tree and medicinal. One more tree when looks very beautiful when in flowers is Lagerstroemia speciosa (Pride of Maharashtra).
VALMIKI : OBSERVER OF NATURE:
Attaching two images of CHAMPAKA, as mentioned by Valmiki in his Ramayan. First one is of the flower and the second one is of the fruit of the plant. Champak blooms at this time of the year, you can not miss the fragrance of this flower, once in bloom. I have seen the most majestic CHAMPAKA treee at Dehradun. The scientific name of this tree is Michelia champaca
SYMBIOSIS: 1 correct image as above.
Attaching two images on symbiosis.
( b ) Bank Myna on fruits of Michelia champaca Thank you ..,for correcting me. The bird is indeed a Jungle Myna.
Golden Champa [Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre] from Kamrup distric, Assam : Attachments (12). 3 posts by 3 authors. Attached images are Golden Champa [Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre] from Kamrup district, Assam. It grows wild in the forest of Assam.
The timber is valuable and used in making door and furniture. The plant is now depleting due to over exploitation.
Date :20.04.2013
Location: Kamrup district, Assam
Family : Magnoliaceae
Genus & species : Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre[Syn. Michelia champaca L.]
Vernacular name : Tita-sopa (Assamese)
Habitat: Grows wild in the forest of Assam.
Habit : Tree
Flower : Large flower bearing primitive characters of Angiosperm, Golden yellow in colour
Nice pictures, well illustrated
SYMBIOSIS : 510 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).
Attaching an image of a Chestnut-tailed Starling on the fruits of Michelia champaca (CHAMPA
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Magnoliaceae – Magnolia champaca from Devgad, Maharashtra :: AKMAR-04 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (4).
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Magnoliaceae – Magnolia champaca from Almora, Uttarakhand :: AKMAR-05 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Attached is a picture of Magnolia champaca fruits from Almora, Uttarakhand in October 2012.
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Magnoliaceae » Magnolia champaca at VJBU :: DVMAR14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 3 images.
Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre
… synonym: Michelia champaca L. at Veermata Jeejabai Bhosale Udyan on 17 AUG 08
… the yellow variety
at a nursery in Pune on 05 JAN 13 Very good photographs …
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight : Magnolia champaca – Yellow : 120314 : AK-6 : Attachments (3). 1 post by 1 author.
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight : Magnolia champaca – White : 120314 : AK-7 : Attachments (1). 1 post by 1 author.
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight : Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre : Assam : 130314 : KD-01 : 1 post by 1 author.
Attached images are Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre
Date :20.04.2013
Location: Assam
Family : Magnoliaceae
Genus & species : Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierr
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Magnoliaceae – Magnolia champaca – white :: Mumbai :: AKMAR-13 : Attachments (1). 3 posts by 2 authors.
Attached is a picture of Magnolia champaca white captured at the Flower Show 2014, Maharashtra Nature Park, Mumbai in March 2014
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :Magnoliaceae::Magnolia champaca :: SMP04 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
Magnolia champaca. Pune
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :Magnoliaceae::Magnolia champaca from Coimbatore. BRS 6 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (1).
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight : Michelia champaca : GSG-01 : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
Kindly find below photograph of Michelia champaca shot in Karnata
Magnolia tree seen at Shegaon, Maharashtra.
I think Magnolia champaca? 09-03-2014/04:30PM Habitat: Garden nice to see the fruits; many thanks for sharing
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight: Magnoliaceae -Magnolia champaca from Hissar- NS March 02 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (4).
Though they are not good, still I wanted to share these pics taken from Botanical Garden of HAU Hissar, so that identity is confirmed.. Magnolia champaca..
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Magnoliaceae » Magnolia champaca? at Anmod Ghat : PKA-March-29 : Attachments (2). 3 posts by 2 authors. It is open flower and flower bud of Michelia champaca
Fruit of Michelia champaca – Fragrant Champak – 090714 – RK – 2 : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
PLANTS MENTIONED IN THE SONGS OF TAGORE : CHAMPA : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1). Michelia champaca
Yelagiri flora 050914 TBN 3 for id:: Sep TBN 9 : 5 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3). Please identify this plant details of which are as follows:
Date :30. 08.14
Location :Yelagiri hills
Altitude :3000ft Habitat :cultivated tree in a resort Good pictures of Magnolia champaca (= Michelia champaca)! Thanks … Did not know that they produce pinkish fruits. These flowering trees in lower Ganges delta rarely shows such pinkish skin, but sometimes it does, I have seen some light pink ones in the Belur math grounds… the fruits pulp inside is not really pinkish, its just the young shell, in a day or two it will turn to light brown with the whitish flecks and then a little darker like cafe-au-lait color. (Belur math does not allow photography officially.. so I dont have pictures)
and later open up to reveal often red skinned seeds.. But I know you know that. Thanks for the info about the variability of the skin colour of the fruits.
Tree ID Kozhikode : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (2). Look like our ‘Champaka tree’ Yes, looks like Michelia champaca. Magnolia champaca (= Michelia champaca)
Hooghly-sept-sk16 : Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (6).
Jijamata Udyan, Aug 2014 :: Magnolia champaca (?) :: ARKOCT-14 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2).
FLOWERS/PLANTS MENTIONED BY TAGORE IN HIS SONGS : ( CHAMPA ) : 1 post by 1 author.
MICHELIA CHAMPACA : HOST PLANT FOR COMMON JAY : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (13)
TSP-APR2016-15-315:Images of Magnolia champaca (Magnoliaceae)
: 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
It is my pleasure to share few images of Magnolia champaca (Magnoliaceae) Habit: Tree Habitat: Cultivated Sighting: Chikmagalur and Bangalore, Karnataka, about 1200 msl and 900 msl respectively. Date: 19-05-2014 AND 22-07-2015 Glorious!!!
Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre (accepted name) : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (6)
Location: Soureni, Mirik, India
Date: 21 April 2017
Altitude: 4200 ft.
Nepali Names : औले चाँप Aule Chaanp / चम्पा Champaa / चाँप Chaanp
Pollinators of Michelia Champaca : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (1)
Please find attached picture is for identification of Michelia Champaca; is from toptropicals.com site with non-commercial license. Please inform which insect/ bird species pollinates Michelia Champaca.
1. honey bees?
2. wasps?
3. butterflies?
4. carpenter bees?
5. bumble bees ? Bumble bees available in northan part of India. And M. Champaca is also from same.
6. birds ?
7. Any other animals?
8. Other insects?
this is an interesting question. begs for good research and thoughtful scrutiny of literature of known facts, generating a bibliography, and if they are lacking, then….careful slow meticulous observation of a bunch of trees in flowering and fruiting stages by a graduate student or a serious citizen scientist over a period of a year or two. and may be even in different parts of India.
no response has come in so far in these days
i have some questions for this member: is this a serious academic question?
if so, how come she does not have her own tree, flower and photos what is the purpose of this exercise?
has she undertaken scholarly google search?
Searched for this question on google before posting here. Few blogs says the beetles pollinates them.                            
Michelia champaca – efloraofindia | Google Groups Michelia champaca var. alba DC.;
. Flora picture of the Year 2010…….Michelia champak: – Mysore city is famous for this particular flower. You can see varieties of champak during the season. I will try to post the photographs of flowers on trees when they start flowering. – I had this tree growing in a pot. The fragrance is heavenly.
Please help in identification of this. It’s a local fruit consumed in Arunachal Pradesh.
Local name- Salyo
Date- 11th February, 2020
Place- Village Old Ziro, Arunachal Pradesh
Tree tall? Around 50/60 ft? Seeds sticky? Xanthoxylum/ Zanthoxylum ?? The fruit capsule, the red arils with black seeds inside peeking out is characteristic of fruits of some of the Magnolia family trees.
This is Michelia champaca seeds.
the red aril is letting the black or dark brown seed itself peep thru in some. the sweet aril is slightly fleshy and loved by humans, bats, other seed eating birds and even ants on the forest floors.
the capsules of these fruits are very characteristic. see it once and you never forget them
Tejphal is a good idea (Xanthoxylum group)
in western herbalist’s list that would be prickly ash
it must be included in the differential diagnosis to start with.
but they Xnathoxylum fruits outer capsules are different,
and their seeds dont have the sweet red aril like this one does. did you collect these from the tree? or are these sold in the market? Learn Tanii gives yes. i am surprised a learning a language site gives correct botanical ID. I am impressed. will have to keep this one handy…
. Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre : 7 posts by 2 authors. 5 images- 6 to 7 mb each.
Location: Kamal Binayak, Bhaktapur, Nepal
Altitude: 1500 m.
Date: 15 July 2020 Habitat : Cultivated (??)
Syn : Michelia champaca L.
Yes …. One of the varieties. It is an avenue tree in Mysore. ,
Annonaceae: Magnolia champaca: 2 high res. images.
Magnolia champaca from Paderu, Andhra Pradesh on 25/03/2024 . References:
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