Magnolia champaca, Sambagam, Sampangi

 Magnolia champaca (L.) Baill. ex Pierre
Family: Magnoliaceae
Synonyms: Champaca michelia Noronha, Magnolia champaca var. champaca, Magnolia membranacea P.Parm., Michelia aurantiaca Wall., Michelia blumei Steud., Michelia champaca L., Michelia champaca var. blumei Moritzi, Michelia euonymoides Burm.f., Michelia rheedei Wight, Michelia rufinervis DC., Michelia sericea Pers., Michelia suaveolens Pers., Sampacca euonymoides (Burm.f.) Kuntze, Sampacca suaveolens (Pers.) Kuntze.

• English: Champak tree
• Assamese: Tita-sopa
• Bengali: চম্পা Champa, স্বর্ণচাঁপা
• Chinese: 黄兰
• Common name: Champa, Golden Champa
• Finnish: Tuoksusampaka
• French: Champac
• Gujarati: Sachochampo
• Hindi: champaca, चम्पा Champa, सोन चम्पा Son champa
• Kannada: Sampige
• Konkani: Pudchampo
• Malayalam: ചമ്പകം
• Manipuri: লৈহাও Leihao
• Marathi: पिवळु चम्पा Pivalu Champa, सोनचाफा
• Nepali: अैाले चाँप Aule chaanp
• Oriya: Chompa
• Russian: Магнолия чампака
• Sanskrit: चम्पकः Champaka
• Sanskrit: चम्पकम्
• Tamil: Sambagam சண்பகம்
• Telugu: Sampangi సంపంగి
• Thai: จำปา
• Urdu: Champa چمپا
• Vietnamese: su nam, su ngoc lan, Hoàng ngọc lan

Description: Trees, buttressed, up to 30 m tall.
Trunk & Bark - Bark grey, lenticellate; blaze cream with orange speckles.
Branches and Branchlets - Branchlets terete with annular scars of caducous stipules, glabrous; apical bud covered by sericeous lanceolate stipules. Leaves - Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1-3 cm long, stout and planoconvex in cross section; lamina 9.5-25 x 3.5-9 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate with twisted acumen, base acute to attenuate, margin slightly undulate, glabrous, chartaceous; midrib nearly flat above; secondary nerves 12-16 pairs; tertiary nerves closely and strongly reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower - Flowers solitary, axillary, large, yellow, fragrant. Fruit and Seed - Follicles, warty, 2-3 cm long, arranged as spike, dehiscing dorsally; seeds 1, scarlet.

4 Published articles of  Magnolia champaca
1. Identifying dormancy class and storage behaviour of champak (Magnolia champaca) seeds, an important tropical timber tree
By: Fernando, M. Thilina R.; Jayasuriya, K. M. G. Gehan; Walck, Jeffrey L.; et al.
JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION OF SRI LANKA  Volume: 41   Issue: 2   Pages: 141-146   Published: JUN 2013

2. Preserving sprouting roots of Magnolia champaca, comprises e.g. preparing bactericidal solution by mixing iprodione with water and spraying uniformly onto root, and stacking roots and storing in refrigerating chamber
Patent Number: CN102524362-A; CN102524362-B
Patent Assignee: FENGNING PING'AN HIGH-TECH IND CO LTD
Inventor(s): QIAN X.

3. Oil extract from Magnolia champaca flower, useful e.g. as polyfunctional active agent in a pharmaceutical, cosmetic or skin composition, comprises benzoic ester, and saturated and/or unsaturated fatty acids
Patent Number: EP1837392-A1
Patent Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
Inventor(s): MAESTRO Y G; LASSERRE C M S.

4. Oil extracted from flowers of Magnolia champaca type, useful as an agent in e.g. cosmetic composition for activating the metabolism of the cells of the epidermis, comprises benzoic ester and saturated and/or unsaturated fatty acids
Patent Number: WO2007107856-A1; JP2009530365-W
Patent Assignee: CHANEL PARFUMS BEAUTE
Inventor(s): MAESTRO Y G; LASSERRE C M S.