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Champak Tree
Magnolia champaca
7.30753, 80.5574
Field Notes
Description:
Family: Magnoliaceae
It has strongly fragrant flowers in varying shades of cream to yellow-orange, and its timber used in woodworking
Habitat:
Found in Tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
Notes:
In Theravada Buddhism, champaca is said to have used as the tree for achieved enlightenment, or Bodhi by seventeenth Lord Buddha called "Aththadassi - අත්ථදස්සි". According to Tibetan beliefs, the Buddha of the next era will find enlightenment under the white flower canopy of the champaca tree
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PublishedJanuary 31, 2017
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