Abstract
A SERIES of leaflets has recently been issued from the Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun, on utilization matters. No. 17 deals with the species of Michelia of which the champaca (champ) is the most important, being fairly common in Assam and cultivated all over India for its fragrant flowers. Its true habitat is in the Eastern Himalaya, Sikkim and Assam. There are four othe'r species of the genus in India, but they are less abundant. The timber of the five species is very similar in weight and strength and is only slightly heavier than spruce (being about 33 lb. per cubic foot as against 30 Ib. for spruce) and compares very favourably with spruce in strength.
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Michelia Timbers for Aircraft. Nature 150, 630 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/150630a0
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