Magnolia figo (Lour.) DC.
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Magnolia figo or Michelia figo is endemic to southeast China where it has a wide distribution and Korea (Jeju-do). It has been cultivated throughout China and probably originated from cultivation (Nianheet al. date unknown).
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Magnolia figo (also called Banana Shrub, Port Wine Magnolia, Michelia figo) is an evergreen tree growing to 3-4 m tall. It is native to China.
Initially described as by Portuguese missionary and naturalist João de Loureiro as Liriodendron figo, it was reclassified as Michelia figo by German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. In 2006, a cladistic analysis of the genus Michelia found them to lie within the genus Magnolia, with the name now being Magnolia figo.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers, which are cream-white, purple rounded, or light-purple, and strongly scented. The leaves are leathery, dark glossy-green, up to 10 cm long. This plant is used in Shanghai, China, as a tall evergreen hedge. It grows to a large evergreen compact tree. It grows in acid and alkaline soil very well. Susceptible to black soot.
See also
Media related to Magnolia figo at Wikimedia Commons
References
- ARS-GRIN for Magnolia figo
- ARS-GRIN for Michelia figo
- Kew Plant List for Magnolia figo
- Kew Plant List for Michelia figo
- IPNI Listing
- Fact Sheet FPS-404 , University of Florida
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