Magnolia rimachii explained

Magnolia rimachii is a small to medium-sized tree of the family Magnoliaceae commonly reaching 8 to 15 m high. It is found in the western lowland Amazon Basin tropical forest, in Ecuador and Peru, between 140m-500mm (460feet-1,600feetm) in elevation.[1] [2]

Description

Magnolia rimachii has chartaceous elliptic leaves 12–26 cm long and 5–10 cm broad. Flowers are fragrant and can have 6 or 7 obovate petals 2–4.5 cm long and 1–2 cm wide. The elliptic fruit can be ca. 3.5 cm long.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lozano, Gustavo. Dugandiodendron y Talauma (Magnoliaceae) en el Neotropico. Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas. 1994. 9789589205006. Bogotá. 105. Spanish.
  2. Web site: Tropicos Name - Magnolia rimachii (Lozano) Govaerts. tropicos.org. 2016-05-24.