Magnolia mandshurica

Manglietia mandshurica is a large evergreen tree of Magnoliaceae and Magnolia, which is also known as Manglietia mandshurica because of its flowers and fruits. The shape of the tree is tall and straight, the leaves are beautiful and strange, and the flowers are fragrant.

Manglietia mandshurica bark dark gray, lenticellate, smooth. Twigs, buds, young leaves, petioles and fruit pedicels are densely covered with brown tomentose, and the leaves are thick leathery. The flowering period is from the end of April to the middle of May, and the fruit ripening period is in the middle and late October. The aggregate fruit is ovoid and the fruit is verrucous protruding on the back. Manglietia mandshurica is naturally distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Hunan and other places in China. It has few resources and is born in a broad-leaved forest at an altitude of 500m to 1000 m. Like warm and humid, the soil is suitable for deep, rich in organic matter, good drainage, pH value of 5 to 6.5 mountain yellow soil and yellow brown soil. Through artificial introduction, the adaptability is strong.

Manglietia mandshurica is an ideal tree species for greening, beautifying the environment and ornamental garden because it has the effect of watching flowers, leaves and fruits. In the spring breeze nourishing, the growth of twigs, tender leaves, shining in the sun, full of vigor and vitality. In early summer, in the green leaves, when the flowers slowly bloom, they are like "lotus flowers" hanging upside down, with refreshing fragrance escaping from the newly blooming flowers. In the golden autumn, the fruit is ripe, the oval aggregate fruit yellow is red, and the green leaves are covered with branches.