Provincial Plant of Aceh

Jeumpa Flower
Michelia champaca magnoliaceae

Description:
The tree is 15-50 m, high with a trunk is straight, round and without buttreess the bark is smooth and grayish brown. The crown is dense, becoming broader towards the top. The end of the twigs are hairy The medium sized oval leaves are lanced shaped and pointed at both ends, and green with fine hair on the lower surface. They are 10-28 cm x 4.5-11 cm in size and thin likeskin. The flowers are large, yellow or orange and very fragrant. The fruit is shaped like an elongated ball. Slightly bent, green at fish, then becoming pale grey and rough: the fruit is borne in chain. The ripe seeds are darks red in color.

Original Distribution:
Nepal, India, Burma, Indochina, Malaysia and Indonesia

Habitat:
Tropical forest up to 1,200 m above sea level.

Use:
The flower contains an essential oil used in the cosmetic industry. The wood is used for furniture industry and simple building. It also used as an ingredient of traditional medicine perfumes

Other Plant of This Area
Meranti Wood (Dipterocarpaceae)