Tropicals, Woody > Magnolia > Magnolia baillonii > Magnolia baillonii
Magnolia baillonii
Origin: Southeast Asia
| Family |
| Magnoliaceae |
| Genus |
| Magnolia |
| Species |
| baillonii |
| Category |
| Tropicals, Woody |
| Type |
| Tree (deciduous) |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cool season protection under glass. |
| Height |
| Up to 40 m |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Growth |
| Fast |
| Habitat |
| Common in hilly evergreen forests in Northern Thailand. |
| Flower/Leaf Bud Description |
| The leaf buds are narrow and pointed. |
| Leaf Description |
| 15-22 x 5-8 cm Elliptic, ovate-elliptic, or narrowly ovate in shape and pointed or tapering at both ends. The young leaves are covered with dense silver hairs with mature leaves early so. Leaves have 10-15 pairs of side veins with a very dense network of smaller veins. The petiole is 2.5-3.5 cm long with the stipule scar being less than half the total length. |
| Flower Description |
| The white flowers have 12-18 sepals/petals, with the outer ones less lanceolate than the inner. They are 2-2.5 x 0.5 cm in size with the inner linear ones less so. The stamens are 7-8 mm in length while the carpels are densely grey-hairy. |
| Fruit Description |
| The fruit is 5-8 cm, yellow-green in colour with pale spots. It is knobby and irregular in form deteriorating when mature leaving skeletal husks which remain on the tree through the year. The seeds are bright red in colour. Fruit ripens May through July. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Sakunothayan Botanic Garden, Wang Tong, Phitsanulok, Thailand |
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