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Magnolia jardinensis

Magnolia jardinensis
Photo: Abel Alan Marcarini, CC BY-SA 3.0

Magnolia jardinensis is a large forest tree from the Andes of Antioquia, Colombia, grown mainly as a conservation or specimen species rather than a garden plant. It is endangered because of past logging, and it needs wet, cool montane conditions to thrive.

Family
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil consistently moist but never waterlogged, as it grows in very wet mountain forest.
Soil
Deep, well-drained but moisture-retentive, humus-rich forest soil.
Temperature
12–25 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Colombia (Antioquia)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Magnolia jardinensis is a tree native to Colombia and endangered due to its exploitation. Common names include Gallinazo blanco, copachí and centello.

Where it grows

The tree is endemic to the Colombian department of Antioquia. It grows in tropical forest and in very wet low mountain forest, in the western cordillera of Jardín, between 1,900 and 2,800m altitude.

Uses

In the past it was probably a very sought-after logged timber species, similar to others species of its family.

Other Magnolia plants

Cucumber Magnolia · Magnolia amazonica · Tianmu Magnolia · Magnolia aromatica · Ashe's Magnolia · Magnolia biondii · Magnolia sumatrana var. glauca · Magnolia boliviana · Magnolia calimaensis · Magnolia calophylla · Campbell's Magnolia · Magnolia cararensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Magnolia jardinensis 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.

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