The open plant encyclopedia
Snap a photo or search by any name to see how to care for it, where it comes from, whether it's safe, and a 3D model you can turn.
The plants people record most in your country, and ones that grow there wild.
Filter by what you want to do, shape, origin, country, care and safety.
Magnolia dealbata
Also called Mexican Bigleaf Magnolia
Magnolia dealbata is a large deciduous tree from cloud forests of eastern Mexico, prized for its huge white flowers, and is grown mainly as an ornamental in mild, humid climates. Its key needs are cool, moist, well-drained conditions and shelter from hot, dry sun.
Magnolia dealbata is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae, native to Mexico. It is known commonly as the cloudforest magnolia and eloxochitl. It is sometimes considered to be a subspecies of Magnolia macrophylla, which is otherwise native to the southeastern United States.
This species is endemic to cloud forests in the Sierra Madre de Oaxaca of northern Oaxaca in eastern Mexico, where it ranges from 600 and 1,900 m elevation. More than ten subpopulations have been observed, and the species' estimated extent of occurrence is 2,750 to 3,000 km2. The largest population includes over a thousand trees.
Magnolia dealbata is cultivated as an ornamental plant, used as a flowering tree in gardens. It is also used for timber, and as a traditional medicinal plant for heart conditions, asthma, and stomach pain. The flowers are used as decorations for spiritual and cultural events.
Ashe's Magnolia · Magnolia boliviana · Campbell's Magnolia · Magnolia cararensis · Champak · Prosperous Music Smiling Tree · Magnolia coco · Compressed Michelia · Dawson's magnolia · Chinese Evergreen Magnolia · Lilytree · Sweet Michelia
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Magnolia dealbata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
