Michelia nilagirica
Zenk., Pl. Ind. 21, t.30. 1855; Hook. f. & Thomson in Fl. Brit.
India 1: 44. 1872. Michelia pulneyensis; Wight, Illus. 1: 14. 1840. Michelia ovalifolia Wight,
Illus. 1: 13. 1840.
Tam.: Shembuga.
Small trees; branches tomentose when young, dark when dry. Leaves elliptic, shiny above, olivaceous to black on undersurface; lateral nerves 8 - 12 per side; petioles up to 2 cm long; stipules oblong, sericeous. Flowers white; peduncles up to 8 mm long. Perianth parts 9 - 12, oblanceolate, each 3 - 5 x 1.2 - 1.5 cm. Stamens ca 60, seriate, crowded at the base of gynophore; filaments short; anthers up to 8 mm long; connective produced into an appendage. Gynoecium stipitate; carpels ca 40, ca 1 cm in diam. Seed one with smooth testa.
Fl. & Fr. March - Aug.
Distrib. India: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Sri Lanka.
Small trees; branches tomentose when young, dark when dry. Leaves elliptic, shiny above, olivaceous to black on undersurface; lateral nerves 8 - 12 per side; petioles up to 2 cm long; stipules oblong, sericeous. Flowers white; peduncles up to 8 mm long. Perianth parts 9 - 12, oblanceolate, each 3 - 5 x 1.2 - 1.5 cm. Stamens ca 60, seriate, crowded at the base of gynophore; filaments short; anthers up to 8 mm long; connective produced into an appendage. Gynoecium stipitate; carpels ca 40, ca 1 cm in diam. Seed one with smooth testa.
Fl. & Fr. March - Aug.
Distrib. India: Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
Sri Lanka.
