Michelia champaca (PROSEA)

Plant Resources of South-East Asia Introduction

List of species

1, tree habit; 2, flowering twig; 3, infructescence; 4, sectioned flower; 5, stamen; 6, seed.

Michelia champaca L.

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.