Pan India Bouquets

Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar

Family : Magnoliacea
(Magnolia family)
Family (Hindi name) : SON CHAMPA FAMILY (सोन चम्पा फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Magnoliacea
Synonym(s) : Magnolia excelsa Jacques; Magnolia excelsa Wall.; Michelia calcuttensis P.Parm.; Michelia doltsopa Buch.-Ham. ex DC.; Michelia excelsa (Wall.) Blume; Michelia manipurensis Watt ex Brandis; Michelia wardii Dandy; Sampacca excelsa (Wall.) Kuntze
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Magnolia doltsopa (Buch.-Ham. ex DC.) Figlar
Common name : Manipur Magnolia, Temple Magnolia, Doltsopa, Sweet Michelia
Vernacular name : Leihao-leisang (Manipuri); Raanee Chaap (Nepali); Zo-ngiau (Mizo)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Evergreen oak forests, 1830-2500 m. altitude
Comments / notes : Often cultivated; a very valuable timber tree used for building and furniture making. At an altitude of about 1300- 1700 m.
Key identification features : Trees up to 20 m high with lax crown, branchlets ferruginous tomentose. Leaves elliptic to lanceolate. Flowers 7-12 em across, white to pink, mildly fragrant. Follicles ovoid.
Flower, Fruit : February-March
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Subansiri district,Tawang district,Siang district
Native : Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 69; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 235; P.K. Hajra, D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri. Flora of India, Sereies 2 : Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh. Vol. 1. pp. 74.
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Magnolia doltsopa. Downloaded on 29 June 2022.

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