Summary
Place of publication:
Fl. forest. Cochinch. 1(fasc. 1): t. 3. 1880
Verified:
04/19/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. 1986-1987
- Figlar, R. B. & H. P. Nooteboom. 2004. Notes on Magnoliaceae IV. Blumea 49:96.
- Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997
- McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
- Watson, J. F. Index to the native and scientific names of Indian and other eastern economic plants and products. 1868
- Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
- Webster's third new international dictionary. 1961
Common names
English
champac – michelia – German
Champaca – India
champaca – champakam – Swedish
parfymmichelia –
Distribution
| order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Xizang | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Yunnan | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | Bangladesh | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Arunachal Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Assam | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Bihar | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Himachal Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Manipur | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Meghalaya | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Mizoram | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Nagaland | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Orissa | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Sikkim | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Tripura | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | Uttar Pradesh | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indian Subcontinent | India | West Bengal | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Myanmar | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Thailand | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Indo-China | Vietnam | | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Java | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Indonesia | Sumatra | |
| 1 | Native | Asia-Tropical | Malesia | Malaysia | | |
| 2 | Cultivated | | | | | |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Yunnan, Xizang]
Asia-Tropical
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INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Bangladesh, India [Sikkim, Assam, Bihar, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Orissa, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh]
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INDO-CHINA:
Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
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MALESIA:
Indonesia [Java, Lesser Sunda Islands, Sumatra], Malaysia
Cultivated
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Economic Uses
| Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
| Environmental | ornamental | | Erhardt, W. et al. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 17. Auflage. 2002 |
| Invertebrate food | silkworms | | Uphof, J. C. T. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. 1968 |
| Materials | essential oils | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
| Materials | wood | | Mabberley, D. J. The plant-book: a portable dictionary of the vascular plants, ed. 2. 1997 |
| Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000 |
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System.
2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network
(GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=452630.
Accessed 14 December 2025.