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Magnolia omeiensis

Magnolia omeiensis
Photo: Daderot, CC0

Magnolia omeiensis is a rare evergreen tree from Mount Emei in Sichuan, China, grown mainly by botanical collections. It is threatened in the wild by habitat loss, so it is best sourced from nurseries rather than collected.

Family
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep the soil evenly moist during growth, and water less in winter.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic organic soil.
Temperature
Mild subtropical conditions; protect from hard frost and prolonged cold below about -5 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
China (Sichuan: Omei Shan)
Climate
subtropical

About

Magnolia omeiensis is a species of plant in the family Magnoliaceae. It is a tree endemic to Mount Emei in Sichuan province of south-central China. It is threatened by habitat loss.

The species was first described as Parakmeria omeiensis by Wan-Chun Cheng in 1951. In 1974 James Edgar Dandy placed it in genus Magnolia as M. omeiensis.

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 omeiensis 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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