Volume 2 > Part 3 > Year 1975 > Page 266 > Magnoliaceae > Paramichelia

Paramichelia baillonii (Pierre) Huwfo-0000264476

Sunyatsenia 4: 144. 1940.— Michelia baillonii (Pierre) Fin. & Gagnep., Mém. Soc. bot. Fr. 1(4): 46. 1906; in Fl. Gén. I.-C. 1: 39. 1907; Gagnep. in Fl. Gén. I.-C. Suppl. 1: 50. 1938.— Aromadendron baillonii (Pierre) Craib, Fl. Siam. En. 1: 26. 1925.

Accepted Name : Magnolia baillonii Pierre
Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: 2. 1880.

Synonyms & Citations :

Description : Large tree, to 40 m high. Terminal bud slender, elongate, silky. Leaves membranous, elliptic-oblong to rhomboidal, 15–22 by 5.5–8 cm; apex acute or acuminate; base cuneate or subrounded; lateral veins 10–15 pairs; glabrous above except the midrib which is covered with adpressed hairs; petiole 2.5–3.5 cm long, scarred below the middle. Flower-buds long-ellipsoid, 2–2.5 by 0.5–0.6 cm; peduncle 1–1.2 cm long; spathaceous bract deltoid, 2–2.5 cm long. Tepals creamy-white, about 15 in number, outer ones narrowly lanceolate, 2.2 by 0.5 cm; inner ones linear, 2 by 0.2 cm. Stamens 7–8 mm long; connective produced above, pointed, 2 mm long. Gynoecium densely covered with greyish short hairs, on a stalk 5–6 mm long. Fruiting syncarp oblong-ovoid, 7 by 4.5 cm; seeds bright red.

Thailand : NORTHERN: Chiang Mai (Doi Chiang Dao, Doi Suthep); NORTH-EASTERN: Loei (Phu Kradueng); CENTRAL: Saraburi (Khao Yai); SOUTH-EASTERN: Chanthaburi.

Distribution : E India (Assam), Burma, Indochina (type), to SW China (Yunnan).

Ecology : Scattered in moist deciduous and dry-everygreen forests, common by streams, at low to medium altitudes (600–1,200 m).

Vernacular : Champa pa (จำปาป่า)(Southeastern); champi pa (จำปีป่า), chumpi (จุมปี)(Northern).