| Scientific Name: | Magnolia officinalis |
| Common Name: | Chinese magnolia, medical magnolia |
| Family Name: | Magnoliaceae |
| Origin: | S.E. Asia / Japan / China |
| Hardiness Zone: | Zone 8a: (-12 to -9.5 °C) |
| Plant Type: | Tree - deciduous |
| Mature Size: | 5 - 7m x 4 - 5m (height x width) |
| Habit: | Upright |
| Form: | Oval - vertical, Pyramidal - widely |
| Texture: | Coarse |
| Landscape Uses: | Specimen plant, Spring interest |
| Exposure: | Full sun |
| Soil or Media: | Well-drained |
| Leaves: | Simple, Alternate, Leathery, Glabrous, Lustrous, Lanceolate, Oblong, Entire, Undulate (wavy) |
| Flowers: | Flowers solitary, White, May-Jun |
| Fruit: | Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Red, Aug-Sep-Oct |
| Key ID Features: | |
| Leaves 7-9 clustered on twig apex, blades oblong-lanceolate to obovate, most 11-20cm wide x 22-40 long, margins entire or slightly wavy, petiole thick and strong, 2.5-4cm long; flowers 10-15(-20)cm wide, fragrant, tepals 9-12(-17), white, thickly fleshy, stamens numerous, 2-3cm long with red filaments. Winter ID: bark brown, thick, not fissured; twigs pale yellow to grayish yellow, thick and strong; terminal buds ovoid-conical, large, glabrous. <a href ='http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250090183' target='_blank'>eFloras.org</a> | |