Magnolia insignis Wall.

Flowering from May to June; fruiting from August to September.

Magnolia insignis is occurring in Guangxi, Guizhou, SW Hunan, SW Sichuan, SE Xizang, Yunnan of China, NE India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand.

Figlar and Nooteboom (2004) proposed a classification scheme for Magnoliaceae, in which Magnolia insignis belong to Subgenus Magnolia, Section Manglietia.

Trees, to 30 m tall, to 20 cm d.b.h. Twigs glabrous or nodes ferruginous to yellowish brown pubescent when young. Stipular scar 0.5-1.2 cm. Petiole 1.8-3.5 cm; leaf blade narrowly ovate or elliptic, 10-26 cm long, 4-10 cm wide, leathery, adaxially glabrous, midvein abaxially reddish brown pubescent or scattered appressed hispidulous, basal ca. 2/3 tapered to base, apex acuminate to caudate-acuminate. Brachyblasts thick and strong, 8-10 mm in diameter; bract scar 1, ca. 1 cm basal to tepals. Flowers fragrant. Tepals 9-12; outer 3 tepals abaxially brown and adaxially reddish to purplish red, obovate-oblong, ca. 7 cm, curved outward; middle and inner tepals milky whitish pink, obovate-spatulate, 5-7 cm, erect, basal ca. 1/4 tapered and clawed. Stamens 1-1.8 cm; filaments nearly as long as exserted part of connective; connective exserted and forming a triangular mucro; thecae slightly distinct. Gynoecium terete, 5-6 cm; carpels glabrous, abaxially shallowly furrowed. Fruit purplish red when fresh, ovoid-ellipsoid, 7-12 cm; mature carpels tuberculate, completely dehiscing along dorsal sutures.

The chromosomal number of Magnolia insignis is 2n = 38 (Chen et al., 1989, 1990).

Growing in evergreen broad-leaved forests; 900-1200 m.

Magnolia insignis is grown as an ornamental and used for timber.

Magnolia insignis (syn. Manglietia insignis), the red lotus tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae, native to Nepal, Assam, Tibet, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. It is used as a street tree in a number of southern Chinese cities.

Magnolia insignis est une espèce d'arbres de la famille des Magnoliaceae.

Magnolia insignis este o specie de plante din genul Magnolia, familia Magnoliaceae, descrisă de Nathaniel Wallich. Conform Catalogue of Life specia Magnolia insignis nu are subspecii cunoscute.

Magnolia insignis là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Magnoliaceae. Loài này được Wall. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1824.