WorldFloraDB - Magnolia fraseri

Characteristics

Trees , deciduous, single-trunked, to 25(-32.6) m. Bark gray to brownish, smooth. Pith homogeneous. Twigs and foliar buds glabrous. Leaves crowded in terminal whorl-like clusters; stipules (5.4-)7.6-9.5(-10) × 2-6 cm, abaxially glandular. Leaf blade rhombic-obovate to obovate-spatulate or oblanceolate, broadest near middle, gradually tapering to base, 20-30(-60) × 8-16(-27) cm, base deeply cordate or auriculate to somewhat truncate, apex obtuse to acute or somewhat acuminate; surfaces abaxially strongly glaucous, glabrous, adaxially deep green, glabrous. Flowers fragrant, 16-22 cm across; spathaceous bracts 2, abaxially glandular; tepals creamy white, the outermost greenish; stamens 100-200, 8-14 mm; filaments white; pistils 50-90. Follicetums ellipsoid, 5.5-10 × 2.5-5 cm, glabrous; follicles recurved, long-beaked, glabrous. Seeds lenticular, 7-10 mm, aril red. 2 n =38.

More

Small tree to 15 m; twigs glabrous; winter terminal bud 3–5 cm, glabrous; lvs ± crowded beneath the fls, deciduous, thin, rhombic-ovate, at anthesis 1–2 dm, at maturity (2)2.5–4 dm, ca half as wide, acute to obtuse, concavely narrowed from above the middle to the base, where prolonged into short, rounded basal lobes, green and glabrous on both sides; fls white, fragrant; pet 6–9, elliptic, 7–10 × 3–4 cm, somewhat clawed; style thick, persisting as a beak on the glabrous follicle; fr-cone ellipsoid, 5–10 cm; 2n=38. Rich woods; mts. of w. Va. to e. Ky., s. to n. Ga. and Ala.; locally naturalized in Md. May, June.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

-

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

1.5

Mature height (meter)

9.35 - 16.45

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

0.7

Root diameter (meter)

-

Flower color

Blooming months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Fruit color

-

Fruiting months

Jan	Feb	Mar
Apr	May	Jun
Jul	Aug	Sep
Oct	Nov	Dec

Nitrogen fixer

-

Photosynthetic pathway

c3

Environment

Light
Soil humidity
Soil texture
Soil acidity
Soil nutriment	-
Hardiness (USDA)

Usage

Uses	environmental use material medicinal
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	-
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	seedlings
Germination duration (days)	120
Germination temperacture (C°)	10
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-23
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-