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Magnolia macclurei is a tall evergreen tree from southern China and northern Vietnam, known for intensely fragrant flowers and used as a street and ornamental tree in warm regions. It needs a warm, humid, frost-free climate and moist, well-drained soil.
Magnolia macclurei (syn. Michelia macclurei) is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae, native to southern China, including Hainan, and northern Vietnam. A tree reaching 30 m (98 ft), it is found growing in evergreen broadleaf forests, from 200 to 1,500 m (700 to 4,900 ft) above sea level.
When Floyd Alonzo McClure first encountered this species in 1925, he recorded in his notebook that, "The fragrance of the flowers is the most intoxicating I ever breathed." In China it is harvested for its timber, and it is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities. In Florida it is planted as an ornamental and is available from commercial nurseries.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Magnolia macclurei 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.
