馨香木兰 xin xiang mu lan

Basionym: Magnolia odoratissima Y. W. Law & R. Z. Zhou, Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 6(2): 139. 1986.

Trees, 5-6 m tall. Twigs pale grayish brown; young twigs densely white villous. Stipules nearly reaching apex of petiole. Leaf blade ovate-elliptic, elliptic, or oblong-elliptic, 8-14(-30) × 4-7(-10) cm, leathery, abaxially pale green and with white curved trichomes, adaxially dark green, secondary veins 9-13 on each side of midvein, adaxially impressed, and prominent on both surfaces when dry, base cuneate to broadly cuneate, apex acuminate to shortly acute. Flower buds ovoid, 3-3.5 × 2-2.2 cm. Flowers erect, very fragrant. Tepals 9, white, curved, fleshy; tepals of outer whorl obovate to oblong, 5-6 × 2.5-3 cm, thinner, 9-veined; tepals of middle whorl obovate, 5-6 × 2-3 cm; tepals of inner whorl obovate-spoon-shaped, 4-4.5 × 2-2.5 cm. Stamens ca. 175, ca. 3 cm; filaments ca. 5 mm; connective exserted and forming a triangular mucro; anthers ca. 2 cm, dehiscing introrsely. Fruit not seen. Fl. May, fr. Sep.

● Evergreen broad-leaved forests; ca. 1100 m. SE Yunnan (Guangnan).