Magnolia pterocarpa
Species of plant
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Magnolia pterocarpa is a species of tree in the Magnoliaceae family that grows in South Asia.
| Magnolia pterocarpa | |
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| Flower, Bangladesh | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Magnoliaceae |
| Genus: | Magnolia |
| Species: | M. pterocarpa |
| Binomial name | |
| Magnolia pterocarpa | |
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Description
The trees are evergreen. The young branchlets are pubescent. The leaves are petiolate, petiole 2–5 cm long, lamina obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute at the apex, attenuated at the base, coriaceous, glabrous and shiny above, rusty tomentose beneath when young. Its flowers are white, fragrant with 9 Tepals. The outer 3 are sepaloid, green outside, greenish-white inside, while the inner 6 are petaloid. Stamens are numerous, and the filaments are short. Gynoecium ovoid. The fruiting receptacles are ellipsoid, c. 15 × 7 cm, ripe carpels oblong, beaked, and feathery. It has 2 orange seeds. Flowering and fruiting happen from April–November.[1]
Distribution and habitat
It ranges from Uttarakhand in the western Himalayas through Nepal and Sikkim in the central Himalayas to Assam and Bangladesh.[2] It is native to frost-free montane subtropical and lowland tropical forests in the Himalayas.[1]
