福建木兰 fu jian mu lan

Replaced synonym: Magnolia fujianensis R. Z. Zhou, J. Trop. Subtrop. Bot. 12: 473. 2004, not Magnolia fujianensis (Q. F. Zheng) Figlar, Proc. Int. Symp. Fam. Magnoliac. 1998, 22. 2000.

Trees, 8-10 m tall, 1.5-2 cm d.b.h., glabrous throughout. Twigs green when young, brown when old. Stipular scar reaching apex of petiole, margin prominent. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade long ovate-elliptic to long elliptic, 12-20 × 5.5-6.5 cm, leathery, abaxially green, adaxially dark green and shiny, secondary veins 14-16 on each side of midvein, reticulate veins prominent on both surfaces, base broadly cuneate, apex long acuminate. Brachyblasts ca. 3.5 cm, green, curved downward at anthesis, glabrous. Flowers fragrant. Tepals 9, in 3 whorls; outer 3 tepals pale green, oblong-elliptic, 4-4.2 × 2-2.3 mm; middle 3 tepals white, obovate-spatulate, 4-4.5 × 2.3-2.5 mm, fleshy; inner 3 tepals white, obovate-spatulate, 3-3.5 × 1.6-2 mm, fleshy. Androecium white; stamens ca. 128, 6-7 mm; connective exserted, apex obtuse; anthers 5-6 mm. Gynoecium white; carpels 16-18, abaxially tuberculate; styles purple. Fruit not seen. Fl. Apr-May and Aug-Sep.

● Forests; 300-500 m. Fujian (Nanping).