Michelia champaca 
        
          
            | Family  | 
            Magnoliaceae | 
           
          
            | Common/Tamil    Name  | 
            Chempak / Shenbagam | 
           
          
            | Uses: | 
           
          
            | Other    Uses | 
            Beautiful tree, Cultivated for its scented    flowers. Woods used for Posts, Boards, carvings, furnitures etc. | 
           
          
            | Seed    Collection time  | 
            Fruit ripens in August or later and should    look for seeds for then. | 
           
          
            | No.    of Seeds per kg | 
            160 to 300 / Ioz. | 
           
          
            | Viability | 
            Seeds are oily and quickly loose their    germinative power. Seeds should be sown as soon, as possible, after    collection | 
           
          
            | Nursery    Technique | 
            It requires moist deep soil. Seeds should    be sown in the mother bed and good seedlings should be transplanted. It    thrives best in high rainfall area 2000 mm of rainfall. | 
           
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