Michelia glabra Parment. in Bull. Soc. Fr. Belg. 27: 214, 283. 1896. Michelia kingii Dandy in J. Bot. 66: 321. 1928. Michelia montana auct. non Blume; Kanjilal et al., Fl. Assam 1: 25. 1934.

Asm.: Pan-sopa.

Evergreen trees; bark grey, with horizontal wrinkles; branches glabrous. Leaves oblong-elliptic or obovate, cuneate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, 10 - 18 x 4 - 8 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, shiny above; lateral nerves 8 - 12 pairs; petioles slender, thickened at base, up to 2 cm long, glabrous. Flowers axillary, solitary or sometimes 2 from a short peduncle, ca 4 cm across, white; pedicels slender, 2 - 2.5 cm long, pubescent; buds cylindrical; bracts caducous, leaving 3 - 4 annular scars at middle of pedicel. Perianth parts 9 or fewer, biseriate, oblong to oblanceolate, 2.5 x 0.6 cm. Stamens few; anthers up to 1 cm long. Gynoecium stipitate, glabrous; carpels 3 - 5, lax at anthesis. Fruiting carpels usually only one maturing, sessile or shortly stalked, ellipsoid to obovoid, 4 - 7 x 4.5 cm, lenticellate. Seeds 2 or 3, reddish brown, faceted, suspended by an elastic cord.

Fl. & Fr. Aug. - Nov.

Distrib. India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam and Meghalaya.

Bangladesh.