champaka :

Taxonomical Classification

Kingdom: Plantae - Plants
Subkingdom: Streptophyta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta - Seed plants
Division: Magnoliophyta - Flowering plants
Class: Magnoliopsida - Dicotyledons
Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
Species: Magnolia champaca

Allied species:

So notable are its qualities as an ornamental flowering tree that little effort has been made to cultivate closely allied species from Mexico, Central and South America. One of these, Magnolia tamaulipana of northeastern Mexico, is finally gaining some popularity, mostly as an oddity, since its flower fragrance is entirely different from the sweet lemony aroma of M. grandiflora.

VERNACULAR NAMES

Sanskrit: Campeya, Hamapushpa , Champaka, Kanchana, Shat pada, Latika, phali, Gandhaphali, Gandhaphala, Deepapushpa, Sthirapushpa, Peetapushpa, Hemahva
English: golden or yellow champa , joy perfume tree
Hindi: Champa
Urdu: Champa
Telugu: Chattu Sampangi
Bengali: Champaka, Champa
Marathi: Sonachanpha
Konkani: चांपे champe, सोनचांपे sonchampe
Oriya: Chompa
Gujarathi: Raichampo, Pilo Champo
Tamil: Sampagi
Malayalam: Campakappuv
Kannada: Sampige
Punjabi: Champa
Munda: Campabadaru
Spanish: - (champaca)
Assamese: Tita-sopa
Japanese: -瞻蔔樹 (Skt, Pali; Jpn sempuku-ju )
Chinese: -黄兰
French: - (ilang-ilang)
Burma: - (mawk-sam-lung); Cantonese
Nepal: अैाले चाँप Aule chaanp
Sinhalese: -Hapu, Sapu
Tulu: -Sampay