Magnolia globosa

Magnolia globosa, the globe magnolia or hen magnolia, is a species of Magnolia native to Bhutan, southwestern China (Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), northeastern India (Assam, Sikkim), northern Myanmar-Burma, and eastern Nepal.

Globe magnolia
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. Rhytidospermum
Subsection: Magnolia subsect. Oyama
Species:
M. globosa
Binomial name
Magnolia globosa
J.D. Hooker & Thomson
Synonyms[1]
  • Magnolia tsarongensis W.W.Sm. & Forrest
  • Oyama globosa (Hook.f. & Thomson) N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu

Description

It is a deciduous large shrub or small tree growing to 7โ€“10 m tall. The leaves are variable in shape, obovate, elliptic-ovate or broadly ovate, 10โ€“24 cm long and 5โ€“14 cm broad, glossy dark green above, paler and slightly downy below, and with a bluntly acute apex. The flowers are creamy white, 6-7.6 cm wide, with the 9-12 tepals all about the same size; they are fragrant, nodding or pendent, and have a rounded, globose profile.

Cultivation

It is closely related to M. wilsonii and M. sieboldii, and is rare though in cultivation. Flowers are less showy than other species in the genus, so use as a foliage plant would fit this species best.

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