▁flowers ▁lack ▁distinct ▁pet als ▁or ▁sep als . ▁The ▁large ▁non - special ized ▁flower ▁parts , ▁res emb ling ▁pet als , ▁are ▁called ▁te p als . ▁ ▁The ▁leaves , ▁flowers , ▁and ▁form ▁of ▁Michel ia ▁res emble ▁Magn olia , ▁but ▁the ▁bl oss oms ▁of ▁Michel ia ▁generally ▁form ▁clusters ▁among ▁the ▁leaves , ▁rather ▁than ▁sing ly ▁at ▁the ▁branch ▁ends ▁as ▁Magn olia ▁does . ▁ ▁Us es ▁ ▁Several ▁of ▁the ▁larger ▁species ▁are ▁locally ▁important ▁sources ▁of ▁tim ber . ▁Some ▁species , ▁including ▁the ▁champ ak ▁( Mich elia ▁champ aca ) ▁and ▁Michel ia ▁dol ts op a ▁are ▁grown ▁for ▁their ▁flowers , ▁both ▁on ▁the ▁tree ▁and ▁as ▁cut ▁flowers . ▁Champ ak ▁flowers ▁are ▁also ▁used ▁to ▁produce ▁an ▁essential ▁oil ▁for ▁perf ume . ▁A ▁few ▁species ▁have ▁been ▁introduced ▁to ▁gard ens ▁or ▁as ▁street ▁trees ▁outside ▁of ▁the ▁Ind om al aya ▁region , ▁including ▁Michel ia ▁fig o , ▁M . ▁dol ts op a , ▁and ▁M . ▁champ aca . ▁The ▁genus ▁is ▁named ▁after ▁the ▁Flor ent ine ▁botan ist ▁Pietro ▁Antonio ▁Mich eli ▁( 1 6 7 9 – 1 7 3 7 ). ▁They ▁grow ▁to ▁the ▁height ▁of ▁ 1 0 – 4 5 ▁metres ▁ ▁Rec ent ▁changes ▁in ▁classification ▁ ▁Mor ph ological ▁data ▁and ▁mole cular ▁data ▁recently ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁genus ▁Michel ia ▁is ▁very ▁closely ▁related ▁to ▁sub gen us ▁Y ul