In this article we will discuss about the structure of Michelia Champaca (Champa) with the help of a diagram. Habit and Habitat: A tall, graceful, ever-green tree with dark-grey bark; cultivated, flowering mainly during April-June. Root: Tap root; branched. Stem: Aerial, erect, branched, woody, solid. Leaf: Ramal; alternate; stipulate, stipules convolute, petiolate, simple, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, entire with acute apex; [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Characters of Magnoliaceae 2. Distribution of Magnoliaceae 3. Economic Importance 4. Affinities. Characters of Magnoliaceae: Trees and shrubs; two ranked stipulate leaves, stipules enclose young buds; flowers hermaphrodite, actinomorphic, large; perianth usually trimerous, whorled or spiral; stamens and carpels numerous; apocarpous, spirally arranged on elongated axis, fruit an etario of follicles or [...]
Learn about the comparison between Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae. Comparison # Magnoliaceae: 1. Leaf of Magnoliaceae is thick and stipulate. 2. Flower of Magnoliaceae are large and gaudy. 3. Perianth is outer whorl green or petaloid. 4. Aestivation is imbricate. 5. Androecium Anthers are introse, filaments short or absent. 6. Fruit of Magnoliaceae are etaerio or follicles or drupes. 7. Endosperms [...]