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 cathcartii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Noot. |
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| Synonym | Alcimandra cathcartii (Hook.f. & Thomson) Dandy, Michelia cathcartii Hook.f. & Thomson | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | Flower Type | ||
| English / Trade Name | Cathcart's Magnolia | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 1800-2100 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit 3.5-4 cm; mature carpels compressed globose, white lenticellate |
| Habitat | Occurs in evergreen broad-leaved forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan,Myanmar and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark dark gray, young branches silky tomentose |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, to 50 m tall, to 50 cm d.b.h, young twigs pubescent; terminal vegetative buds long conic, white villous. Petiole 1.5-2 cm, without a stipular scar | Leaf Details | Leaves are ovate to elliptic-ovate, 8-18 cm, leathery, base rounded to broadly wedge-shaped, glossy, secondary veins 12-15 on each side of midvein, slender |
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