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Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre

Synonym	:	Magnolia champaca var. champaca
Family	:	Magnoliaceae
Local name	:	English - Champak, Golden champa Malayalam - Chembakam, Champakam
Flowering and fruiting period	:	March-July
Distribution	:	Indo-Malesia and China
Distribution in Kerala	:	All Districts
Habitat	:	Evergreen forests, also grown as garden plant
IUCN Status	:	Least concerned
Uses	:	Flowers and stem bark are useful in diabetes, quick wound healing, cardiac disorders and gout.
Key Botanical Characters:  Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bole straight. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules 1-2.5 cm long, lateral, adnate to the petiole, ovate, subglabrous, enclosing leaf buds, deciduous, leaving annular scar. Flowers bisexual, yellow or white, fragrant, 4-5 cm across, axillary or terminal, solitary; flower bud enclosed by a greenish-yellow, spathaceous, pubescent, coriaceous, deciduous bracts; pedicels 16 mm long, stout. Perianth parts 12-15, oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, stamens numerous, anthers 8-6 mm long, carpels many, superior, ovoid-oblong. Fruit an aggregate of capsules , laxly arranged, ovoid to ellipsoid, white sparkle; seeds 3-4, enclose by fleshy red aril.