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Magnolia champaca

(L.) Baill. ex Pierre (1880)

This name is accepted

Kingdom: Viridiplantae Phylum: Magnoliophyta Class/Clade: Magnoliids Order: Magnoliales Family: Magnoliaceae Genus: Magnolia

champaca, fragrant Himalayan champaca, mulana, mulang, orange champak

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Description

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Uses and Culture

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Natural History

Statewide Status

Potentially naturalizing

Island Status

O'ahu Potentially naturalizing
Maui Only found in cultivation
Hawai'i Only found in cultivation

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Bibliography

Name Published In: Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 3 (1880)

Other References

Staples & Herbst 2005:377 (DESCR [as Michelia champaca]); Daehler & Baker 2006:15 (O? [adventive, as Michelia champaca, Lyon Arboretum, observed but uncollected]); Mabberley 2017:553 (Syn. Michelia champaca = Magnolia champaca)

Occurrences

SNo. Scientific Name Locality Habitat Basis of Record Description Recorded By Record Number Island Source Date
1 Magnolia champaca Manoa, HSPA plantation Preserved_Specimen 25 ft. Grant, M.L. 7517 Oahu BISH 1934-10-29
2 Magnolia champaca Honolulu: Manoa Valley; University of Hawaii Manoa Campus, Klum Gym full sun Preserved_Specimen Tree of 7 m. Smooth bark. Flowers creamy orange; strongly fragrant Lau, J. 1539 Oahu BISH 1985-10-21
3 Magnolia champaca South Kona, Amy B.H.Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden, Captain Cook, on property line between Garden and the church to the S Preserved_Specimen slender tree ~30'; branches drooping along trunk; flowers fragrant in early afternoon, petals yellow; fruit in dense clusters, green dotted with white Staples, G.W. 619 Hawaii BISH 1990-05-19
4 Magnolia champaca Waiakoa Preserved_Specimen Maehler, K.L. 1 Maui BISH 1950-11-10
5 Magnolia champaca Honolulu, UH Preserved_Specimen Aiona, I. Oahu BISH 1941-05-29
6 Magnolia champaca Honolulu, 1911 Keeaumoku St. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1930-06-23
7 Magnolia champaca Lyon Arboretum, bend of road just past Aroid Valley on W bank Preserved_Specimen 50 ft. x 18 in. Nagata, K.M. 223 Oahu BISH 1967-06-14
8 Magnolia champaca Holualoa, N. Kona Preserved_Specimen tree of 20'; flowers yellow Fosberg, F.R. 10166 Hawaii BISH 1933-09-01
9 Magnolia champaca Honolulu, Nuuanu Ave. and Country Club Rd Preserved_Specimen Wilder, G.P. Oahu BISH 1930-07-16
10 Magnolia champaca Honolulu, 1911 Keeaumoku St. Preserved_Specimen Neal, M.C. Oahu BISH 1930-06-23
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