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Magnolia figo
Also called Port wine magnolia, Banana Shrub, Chenille Copperleaf
In Singapore: Banana Shrub, Portwine Magnolia, Dwarf Chempaka, Brown-stalked Magnolia, Chinese Tulip Tree, Chempaka Ambon, Pisang-pisang, Kaum Chempaka, 含笑花 (Grown in Singapore)
Banana magnolia is an evergreen shrub or small tree, 3 to 4 metres tall, grown mainly for its strongly fragrant, banana-scented flowers and velvety new growth. It is a species in the Magnolia family and is grown in gardens or as a container houseplant.
Magnolia figo is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae. This evergreen tree is sometimes referred to by the common names banana shrub, and port wine magnolia. It grows to 3–4 metres (10–13 feet) tall.
Initially described by Portuguese missionary and naturalist João de Loureiro as Liriodendron figo, it was reclassified as Michelia figo by German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. In 2006, a cladistic analysis of the genus Michelia found them to lie within the genus Magnolia, with the name now being Magnolia figo.
Ashe's Magnolia · Magnolia boliviana · Campbell's Magnolia · Magnolia cararensis · Champak · Prosperous Music Smiling Tree · Magnolia coco · Compressed Michelia · Dawson's magnolia · Cloudforest magnolia · Chinese Evergreen Magnolia · Lilytree
[Contains information from Leaf Area Index (LAI) and Heritage Trees from data.gov.sg (National Parks Board), made available under the terms of the Singapore Open Data Licence version 1.0]
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Magnolia figo 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.
