Steinmetz:Michelia

Michelia champaca

Also known as (or relevant to) Michelia champaca Family Magnoliaceae English Names Champak Champwood Hill Champa Golden Champa Natural Habitat India (temperate Himalayas) Malaya Indonesia Philippine Islands Part(s) Used Oleum Champacae Cortex Champaceae Foria Champacae Flores Champacae

Constituent(s) bark: fixed oil essential oil starch tannin resin sugar mucilage; flower: volatile oil; seed: Michelia fat Action oil: alterative bitter emmenagogue deobstruent stomachic demulcent; used in perfumery in preparing valuable flower scents; bark: febrifuge alterative P. S. "Champaca wood" of commerce is an imaginary name (misnomer) not applying to this tree