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Swarna Champa (India)

Magnolia champaca

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Description:

Also known as the Himalayan Champaca, this small to medium size tree with beautiful and sweet-smelling flowers is native to Southeast Asia and needs full sun and moist soil. The heady fragrance from a single flower on a tree may sometimes be smelt a block away on a humid evening. This flower is used for worship, as a hair adornment, a floating aromatic in a bowl of water, and for aromatic oil.

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PublishedMarch 18, 2013

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