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Magnolia yoroconte

Magnolia yoroconte is a large forest tree from Central America that can live up to about 100 years. It is a wild species of cloud and submontane forests and is not a common garden plant, so the care details below are general guidance for magnolias of this type rather than established cultivation records.

Family
Magnoliaceae (Magnolia family)
Grows as
Tree
Light
Part shade, Bright indirect
Water
Keep soil evenly moist during growth, especially in dry spells, and avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Moist, well-drained, slightly acidic humus-rich soil.
Temperature
18–28 °C; protect below 5 °C
How easy
Hard
Native range
Mexico (Veracruz, Chiapas) to Honduras
Climate
wet tropical

About

Magnolia yoroconte is a species of tree in the family Magnoliaceae. It is native to Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras, and to Chiapas and Veracruz in southern Mexico.

Where it grows

Magnolia yoroconte is known from Guatemala, Belize, and Honduras. It has an estimated extent of occurrence (EOO) of over 68,000 km2. Its range includes Columbia Forest Reserve in Toledo District of southern Belize. There are 11 known subpopulations in Guatemala, each with few trees, and separated from one another by over 100 km.

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 yoroconte 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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