Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Magnoliaceae | Genus: Magnolia | Species: Magnolia hodgsonii (Hook.f. & Thomson) H.Keng |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Talauma hodgsonii Hook.f. & Thomson |
Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | Uthum | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1100 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruiting receptacle ellipsoid, about 10-16 x 5-9 cm across, ripe carpels elliptic-ovoid, sharply beaked, woody, dehiscent by the ventral side, separating from the axis, about 3-4 cm long, seeds about 3-4 in a carpel, compressed, obovoid, planoconvex, glossy, red, about 1 cm long. |
| Habitat | Occurs evergreen forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Myanmar | Bark Details | Bark greenish grey, warty or smooth with distant horizontal wrinkles with large white patches, inside the bark brownish yellow, fibrous about 0.5-0.8 cm thick |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Small evergreen tree up to 15 m tall, leaves are obovate-oblong, 20–50 cm long and 10–13 cm broad, with a leathery texture | Leaf Details | Leaves simple, alternate, oblanceolate-elliptic, oblong-obovate, 22-50 × 10-22 cm across, base acute or cuneate, margin entire, apex acute or shallow acuminate, coriaceous, thin, slightly glabrous reddish brown when young, |
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