Basic information: Magnoliaceae and Magnoliaceae. Deciduous tree, 25 meters high, DBH 1 m, with widely spread branches, forming a broad crown; Bark is dark gray, rough and cracked; Branchlets slightly stout, grayish brown; Winter buds and pedicels are densely covered with gray-yellow filiform hairs. The leaves are papery, obovate, broadly obovate, or obovate-elliptic, and the base branches and leaves are oblong. The bud is ovoid, with flowers opening first, upright and fragrant, with a diameter of10-16 cm; Tepals, white, usually pink at base; Stamens are 7- 12 mm long and anthers are 6-7 mm long; Pistil narrowly ovate, 3-4 mm long, 4 mm long conical style. Aggregate fruit tube; Kelu is thick and woody, brown, with white lenticels; Seeds cordate, laterally compressed. The flowering period is February-March (it often blooms again in July-September) and the fruiting period is August-September.
Growing area: distributed in China, Jiangxi (Lushan), Zhejiang (Tianmu Mountain), Hunan (Hengshan Mountain), Guizhou and China, and widely cultivated in gardens. It grows in the forest at an altitude of 500- 1, 000m m. Among them, nanzhao county, Henan Province was awarded the "Hometown of Magnolia in China" by China Forestry Society.