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MAGNOLIACEAE - MICHELIA CHAMPACA DESCRIPTION
MICHELIA CHAMPACA L.
Systematic Position:
Division: Phanerogams
Sub-div.:
Angiosperms
Class:
Dicotyledons
Sub-class: Polypetalae
Series: Thalamiflorae
Order: Ranales
Family: Magnoliacee
Genus: Michelia
Species: champaca
Description:
Habit:
A small evergreen tree.
Root:
Branched, tap root.
Stem:
Aerial, erect, solid, cylindrical, glabrous, branched, woody.
Leaf:
Simple, alternate; stipulate, stipule convolute; petiolate, ovate, entire,
acute, unicostate reticulate.
Inflorescence:
Solitary axillary.
Flower:
Bracteate, pedicellate, complete, hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, hypogynous,
fragrant, pale yellow.
Perianth:
Usually 9 perianth leaves arranged in three whorls of three each; either outer
3 leaves are sepalloid and inner 6 lobes are petalloid, or all the 9 perianth lobes
are petalloid.
Androecium:
Stamens numerous, free, spirally arranged on a conically elongate receptacle,
filaments short, basifixed, dithecous, extrorse.
Gynoecium:
Multicarpellary, apocarpous, carpels arranged spirally over the conical
receptacle, superior, unilocular, many ovules, marginal placentation; style
curved, stigma beaked.
Fruit:
Etaerio of follicles.
Floral Formula: