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Manglietia hookeri Cubitt & W. W. Sm.

Modern name

Magnolia hookeri (Cubitt & W.W.Sm.) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar

A medium-sized or tall evergreen tree with a conical head of branches; young shoots covered with a close, greyish down. Leaves leathery, oblanceolate to oblong, narrowed at the apex to a short point, tapered at the base; 6 in. to 1 ft long, 112 to 312 in. wide, dark glossy green above, paler but also glossy beneath, quite glabrous but finely and distinctly net-veined; stalk 12 to 118 in. long. Flowers solitary, terminal, 4 in. wide; sepals three, oblong, blunt, cream-coloured; petals nine, white. Fruits ovoid or almost globose, 212 in. long.

Native of Upper Burma at 5,000 to 6,000 ft and of Yunnan at 9,000 ft altitude. It was originally discovered in 1909 by Mr Cubitt in the former country and later by Forrest in Yunnan. The tree is said to yield a timber highly valued by the Burmese. Most or all of the plants in cultivation have been raised from Forrest’s seeds, and they are growing vigorously in Cornish gardens, being already handsome and striking evergreens.

There is a specimen at Caerhays, Cornwall, measuring 43 × 414 ft at 512 ft, with a clear bole of 14 ft (1966).



From the Supplement (Vol. V)

The specimen at Caerhays, Cornwall, measures 56 × 514 ft (1975).

Genus

Manglietia

Other species in the genus