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Magnolia figo (Banana Magnolia)

Synonyms: Liriodendron figo (homotypic); Michelia figo (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Magnolia figo (also called banana shrub, port wine magnolia, Michelia figo) is an evergreen tree growing to 3-4 m tall. It is native to China. Initially described as by Portuguese missionary and naturalist João de Loureiro as Liriodendron figo, it was reclassified as Michelia figo by German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. In 2006, a cladistic analysis of the genus Michelia found them to lie within the genus Magnolia, with the name now being Magnolia figo.
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Infraspecies

Magnolia figo var. crassipes
Magnolia figo var. figo
Magnolia figo var. skinneriana

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Lifespan [2]  Perennial
Scent [1]  The flowers have a banana scent; This is one of the most fragrant of all shrubs with a scent strongly resembling the sweet 'pear drops'.
Structure [1]  Shrub
Height [1]  16.4 feet (5 m)
Width [1]  13.12 feet (4 m)
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Predators

Planococcus minor (Pacific mealybug)[3]
Pseudaulacaspis cockerelli (false oleander scale)[3]
Pseudaulacaspis eugeniae (oleander scale)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0