How to identify Champa
Identify Champa by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Strongly fragrant white flowers.
- Confirm flower colour: White.
- Confirm it sits within the Magnoliaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Champa.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Michelia alba
- Genus
- Michelia
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Planted
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
Leaf characters
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Typical of the Magnoliaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Whiterecorded
Typical of the family
- Fruit
- Follicle
Characters marked “recorded” are for Champa itself; the rest are typical of the Magnoliaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Assamese
- Tita-sopa
- Bengali
- চম্পা Champa
- Hindi
- चम्पा Champa
- Kannada
- Sampige
- Konkani
- Pudchampo
- Manipuri
- ꯂꯩꯍꯥꯑꯣ ꯑꯉꯧꯕꯥ Leihao angouba
- Marathi
- Champa
- Nepali
- अैाले चाँप Aule chaanp
- Odia
- Chompa
- Sanskrit
- Champaka
- Tamil
- Sambagan
- Telugu
- Champangi
- Urdu
- Champa چمپا
About Champa
White Champa (Michelia alba) belongs to the Magnoliaceae family, where it grows as a tree. It is planted.
Uses
In practice it is long used in traditional medicine, planted as an ornamental and distilled for an aromatic oil. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Magnoliaceae
Magnolia family
Champa belongs to the Magnoliaceae family.
The illustration represents the family — not necessarily this exact species.
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