木莲(原变种) mu lian (yuan bian zhong)

Magnolia fordiana (Oliver) Hu; M. yuyuanensis (Y. W. Law) V. S. Kumar; Manglietia yuyuanensis Y. W. Law; Paramanglietia microcarpa Hung T. Chang.

Leaf blade leathery, reticulate veins inconspicuous on both surfaces when dry, margin not wavy. Peduncle with reddish brown trichomes. Outer tepals oblong-elliptic. Carpel with a ca. 1 mm beak. Fl. May, fr. Oct. 2n = 38.

Hills; ca. 1200 m. S Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Vietnam].

This taxon is used medicinally and for timber.