WorldFloraDB - Magnolia macrophylla

Characteristics

Trees , deciduous, single-trunked, to 15(-32) m. Bark yellowish to gray, smooth. Pith homogeneous. Twigs and foliar buds silky-pubescent. Leaves crowded in terminal whorl-like clusters; stipules (9-)11-17 × 3-6.5 cm, abaxially pilose, glandular. Leaf blade broadly elliptic to obovate-oblong, 50-110 × 15-30 cm, base truncate to deeply cordate or auriculate, apex acute to short-acuminate or obtuse; surfaces abaxially chalky white, sometimes pale green to glaucous, pilose, adaxially deep green, glabrous. Flowers solitary, fragrant, 35-40(-50) cm across; spathaceous bracts 2, outer bract abaxially rusty gray, inner bract thinner, glabrous; tepals creamy white, glandular, innermost whorl purple-blotched at base, outermost segments strongly reflexed, greenish; stamens (300-)350-580, 12.5-24.5 mm; filaments white; pistils 50-80. Follicetums globose-ovoid, 5-8 × 5-7 cm; follicles short-beaked, distally appressed silky-pubescent. Seeds ± ovoid, 10-12 mm, pointed, aril orange-red. 2 n =38.

More

Tree to 15 m; twigs tomentose; winter terminal bud 3–5 cm, tomentose; lvs deciduous, thin, obovate or pandurate, very large, mostly 5–10 dm, acute or obtuse, concavely narrowed from above the middle to a broad base that is prolonged into short, broadly rounded basal lobes, the lower surface strongly glaucous and finely hairy; fls fragrant; pet 6, elliptic to elliptic-obovate, 12–18 × 4–9 cm, white with a rosy basal spot; style thick, persisting as a beak on the tomentose follicle; fr-cone globose or ovoid, 5–10 cm thick; 2n=38. Rich woods, chiefly in the mts.; Appalachian region from Va., Ky., and s. O. to n. Ga., w. to Ark. and La. May, June.

Life form

perennial

Growth form

tree

Growth support

free-standing

Foliage retention

deciduous

Sexuality

hermaphrodite

Pollination

entomogamy

Spread

-

Mature width (meter)

5.75

Mature height (meter)

10.0

Root system

-

Rooting depth (meter)

-

Root diameter (meter)

0.8

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

Usually growing in isolated groups of a few individuals in sheltered deep rich woods, often in ravines and river valleys.

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

Usage

Uses	environmental use fiber gene source material medicinal wood
Edible	-
Therapeutic use	Analgesic (bark), Antidiarrheal (bark), Gastrointestinal Aid (bark), Respiratory Aid (bark), Toothache (bark), Gastrointestinal Aid (unspecified)
Human toxicity	-
Animal toxicity	-

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs stratification.

Mode	cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days)	120
Germination temperacture (C°)	10
Germination luminosity	-
Germination treatment	stratification
Minimum temperature (C°)	-18
Optimum temperature (C°)	-
Size	-
Vigor	-
Productivity	-