Magnolia hodgsonii

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Magnolia hodgsonii

 
Color plate from Illustrations of Himalayan plants, by Joseph Dalton Hooker, et al.
For the original caption see notation
[1]

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
Subgenus:
Magnolia subg. Magnolia
Section: Magnolia sect. Gwillimia
Subsection: Magnolia subsect. Blumiana
Species:
M. hodgsonii
Binomial name
Magnolia hodgsonii
(
Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Keng

Magnolia hodgsonii (

subtropical climate.[3]

It is a small evergreen tree up to 15 m tall. The leaves are obovate-oblong, 20–50 cm long and 10–13 cm broad, with a leathery texture. The flowers are fragrant, with nine tepals up to 9 cm long, the inner tepals white, the outer ones greenish; they are produced in April to May. The fruit is 13–15 cm long, composed of an aggregate of 40-80 follicles.[3]

The wood is "very soft and worthless". Like almost all Himalayan Magnoliaceae, M. hodgsonii flourishes in a stiff clay soil.[4]

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