Michelia champaca, Linn. |
(Syn. M. aurantiaca) |
Family : Magnoliaceae |
Common Name : Champ |
Telugu Name : Champakamu, Sampenga |
General : |
A beautiful tree frequently cultivated around temples and gardens. It occurs on deep moist, well drained good quality soil. Identified by grey bark, straight bole, convolute bud, dark shining lanceolate leaves. |
Flowering : |
Yellow flowers appear from April and thereafter at intervals. |
Fruiting : |
Fruits ripen in August to September. |
Seed Collection and Storage : |
Greyish brown ripe fruits are collected from the trees in August to September, heaped in the shade for 2-3 days till they open completely and then the seeds are removed by gentle beating and washing out the red pulp. Seeds are dried under shade. Seeds lose the viability rapidly. |
Seed Biology : |
No. of seeds per Kg. |
Germination percentage (fresh seeds) |
Plant percent |
Time taken for germination in days |
No. of seedlings per Kg. of seed |
14,320 to 17,290 |
70 to 80 |
40 |
10 to 14 |
1430 to 2400 |
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Pretreatment : |
Not required. |
Nurswery Technique : |
Seed mixed with red lead are broadcasted over shaded primary beds covered with thin layers of soil in August to Spetember. 5 to 7 cm tall seedlings are pricked out in the polybags. Growth of t he seedlings in the nursery is very fast and so watering should be controlled after germination.
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