Magnoliaceae |
Michelia figo (Lour.) K. Spreng.
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- Common Name: Banana Shrub, Port Wine Magnolia
- Family: Magnoliaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: China
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- Description: [syn Michelia fuscata (Andr.) Blume; Magnolia fuscata Andr.]
A slow growing, compact shrub from western China, the port wine magnolia usually grows as a dense 3m shrub. It bears small, shiny deep green leaves and tiny spring-blooming heavily scented cream flowers streaked with purple. Pruning produces abundant new flowering growth. Prefers neutral to acid, humus-rich, well-drained soil; they resent being transplanted.
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    Accession Data:- Accession # 199800001
- Source: Logees
- Accession Date: 02-04-1998
- Bench: 3311 - W Bench
- Qty: 3 confirmed on 05-05-2008
Classification:- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: magnoliids
- Order: Magnoliales
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- Family: Magnoliaceae
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References:Botanica, Turner & Wasson, 1997, CD-ROM Version
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