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[[File:Michelia champaca PROSEA linedrawing.tif|thumb|1, tree habit; 2, flowering twig; 3, infructescence; 4, sectioned flower; 5, stamen; 6, seed.]]
<big>''[[Michelia champaca]]'' L.</big>
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== Synonyms ==

*''Michelia pilifera'' Bakh. f.,
*''Michelia velutina'' auct. non DC.

== Vernacular names ==

*Orange chempaka (En)
*Indonesia: cempaka kuning (general), capaka (Halmahera), cempaka (Javanese)
*Malaysia: champaka (Sabah), chempaka, chempaka merah (Peninsular)
*Philippines: champaca (general)
*Burma (Myanmar): mawk-sam-lung
*Laos: cham pa
*Thailand: champa (general), champa khao, champa pa (peninsular)
*Vietnam: ngọc lan.

== Distribution ==

From India and Burma (Myanmar) to Indo-China, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and the Lesser Sunda Islands; possibly native only to India, now commonly cultivated throughout the tropics.

== Composition of essential-oil of Flower absolute ==

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*25.0% 2-phenylethanol
*13.0% methyl linoleate
*4.5% methyl anthranilate
*4.0% benzyl acetate
*3.4% β-lonone
*3.0% methyl palmitate
*2.9% indole
*2.0% linalool
*2.0% 2-phenylethyl acetate
*2.0% oximes of ionones
*1.6% α-farnesene
*1.6% α-ionone
*1.4% dehydro-β-ionone
*1.3% phenylacetonitrile
*1.1% dehydro β-ionol
*1.0% methyl benzoate
*0.8% benzyl alcohol
*0.6% methyl cis-(Z)-jasmonate
*0.5% phenylacetaldoxime
*0.3% β-ionol
*0.2% eugenol
*0.2% cis-linalool oxide (6) (pyranoid)
*0.1% photoisomer of β-ionone
*72.5% total
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|author =Source: Kaiser, 1989.
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== Authors ==

U.A. Dasuki

== Main genus page ==

*[[Michelia (PROSEA Timbers)|''Michelia'' (PROSEA Timbers)]]

*See also [[Michelia (PROSEA Essential oils)|''Michelia'' (PROSEA Essential oils)]]


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