Magnolia champaca (L.)Baill.exPierre
Synonym : | Michelia champaca L. Champaca michelia Noronha Michelia aurantiaca Wall. Michelia rufinervis DC. Sampacca suaveolens (Pers.) Kuntze |
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Bangla Name : | Chapa,Champobon,Shornochapa,Champa |
English Name : | Champak |
Family : | Magnoliaceae |
Disease : | Febrifuge, Stimulant, Antispasmodic, Tonic, Stomachic, Gonorrhoea, Abscesses, Inflammation, Painful Micturation, Colic, Expectorant, Diuretic, Cough, Rheumatism, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Cooling, Dyspepsia, Nausea, Fever, Renal Diseases, Vertigo, Cepha |
Description : | It is a medium to large trees, bark dark grey. Young shoots rusty tomentose. Leaves broad, lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, sparsely rusty hairy on both sides, ultimately glabrous except on veins and midrib, apex acuminate, base acute; stipules densely rusty-pubescent. Flowers solitary, axillary, fragrant; bracts coriaceous, with rusty or golden tinged hairs; pedicel 3-5 mm long. Perianth of 12-15 (-20) segments ,subequal, pale yellow to yellow. Carpels many, free; ovary long, unilocular. Seeds brown, polished, usually rounded on the back |
Distribution : | Chittagong, Chittagong hill tracts,Cox’s bazar, Sylhet and Northern districts in fallow lands and forest outskirts. |
Chemical Constituents : | - |
Uses : | The plant is used in Febrifuge, Stimulant, Antispasmodic, Tonic, Stomachic, Gonorrhoea, Abscesses, Inflammation, Painful Micturation, Colic, Expectorant, Diuretic, Cough, Rheumatism, Antispasmodic, Carminative, Cooling, Dyspepsia, Nausea, Fever, Renal Di |
Habit : | Tree |