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michelia (Michelia champaca)
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michelia

Michelia champaca (accepted: Magnolia champaca) · Magnoliaceae · all Michelia records · also called Champak · Wikipedia

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Form
tree
Region
Brazil
Rated in
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Global
On this lot

1. Fire evidence and conditions

Fire evidence
Mixed evidence — location does not change the cited classification.
Fire-performance conditions
1 condition stated in cited fire-evidence rows.
Evidence regions
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil; Global

2. Why this plant is relevant here

3. Legal, ecological, and broader status

How to read this page

The status above is computed from the cited rows below: independent recommendations can support a fire-resistant result, an avoid row can produce keep-away, and disagreement stays visible as conflict. Placement notes preserve each source’s own scheme rather than translating unlike rules into one scale. This is evidence about a plant, not permission to plant it in every part of the defensible space; Zone 0 remains noncombustible.

Conditions in the fire evidence

These describe tested or rated plant material. They are not horticultural maintenance instructions.

The evidence

Grouped by what each source concluded. Primary evidence rated the plant itself (a lab, field program, or original curation); corroboration compiled or republished another source's rating and resolves to its root lineage.

Mid-scale / conditional (1)

Listed without a rating (11)
Corroboration (11 rows from 1 source)
  • FLAMITS: FLAMmability plant traiTS database — Dryad / Global Ecology and Biogeography · Dryad version 9 · original source Corroboration Trait database lineage: meta-aggregator

    11 cited rows from this source; its identity, lineage and tier are stated once.

    • Primary study Batista2012: Batista, C., Biondi, D., França, A., de Assunção, R., Tres, A., Costa, R., ... Kovalsyki, B. (2012). Evaluación de la Inflamabilidad de Árboles y Arbustos Utilizados en la Implementación de Barreras Verdes en el Sur del Brasil. Cuarto Simposio Internacional Sobre Políticas, Planificación y Economía de los Incendios Forestales: Cambio Climático e Incendios Forestales, Ciudad de México, México.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Batista2012-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 13.1”

          FLAMITS record 439.

        • “flammability value: 3”

          FLAMITS record 449.

      • “burning duration (s): 3.87”

        FLAMITS record 444; Sustainability measurement.

      • “flame height (cm): 8.16”

        FLAMITS record 454; Combustibility measurement.

    • Primary study Santos2018a: Santos, J. F. L., Batista, A. C., Tres, A., Tetto, A. F., & Kovalsyki, B. (2018a). Flammability and combustibility of potential species for use as fuel breaks. In: D. X. Viegas, Advances in Forest Fire Research 2018 (pp. 788-793), Portugal, University of Coimbra.

      Shared row context: plant part twigs; fuel live; predrying no; device epiradiator; site Santos2018a-1; sampling ND.

      • Shared measurement context: Ignitability measurement.

        • “time to flaming (s): 19.8”

          FLAMITS record 11926.

        • “flammability value: 1”

          FLAMITS record 11944.

      • Shared measurement context: Combustibility measurement.

        • “flame height (cm): 4.92”

          FLAMITS record 11935.

        • “flame height (cm): 32.6”

          FLAMITS record 11962.

        • “calorific value (kcal/kg): 3707.8”

          FLAMITS record 11980.

      • Shared measurement context: Sustainability measurement.

        • “burning duration (s): 4.5”

          FLAMITS record 11953.

        • “rate of burning spread (cm/s): 70”

          FLAMITS record 11971.

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Last verified 2026-08-24. JSON (CC BY 4.0)

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Michelia champaca (Champak). FireApproved. https://fireapproved.com/plants/magnolia-champaca/. Last verified 2026-08-24.