Michelia

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Michelia

Description

Trees or shrubs. Stipules adnate to or free from petiole. Flowers bisexual.

Distribution

Asia-Temperate: Taiwan (Taiwan present), Asia-Tropical: India present; New Guinea absent; Sri Lanka (Sri Lanka present); Sulawesi (Sulawesi absent), Indonesia present, S. Japan present, Southeast Asia present
About 30 spp., in Southeast Asia from India and Sri Lanka eastwards to S. Japan and Taiwan and southeast wards into Indonesia (not in Sulawesi and New Guinea). In Malesia 6 spp., 2 other spp. commonly cultivated.

Citation

DANDY 1964 – In: Hutch., Gen. Fl. Pl. 1: 56
LINNE 1754: Gen. Pl., ed. 5: 240