Taxon:
Magnolia figo (Lour.) DC.
Summary
Place of publication:
Syst. nat. 1:460. 1817
Verified:
04/19/2007
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Reference(s)
- Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols.
- Figlar, R. B. & H. P. Nooteboom. 2004. Notes on Magnoliaceae IV. Blumea 49:96. URL: http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/nhn/blumea
- Uphof, J. C. T. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants, ed. 2. Note: = Michelia figo
Common names
English
banana-shrub – chenille copperleaf – French
foula figo – Indonesian
cempaka ambon –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Anhui Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangdong Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Jiangxi Sheng | |
1 | Native | Asia-Temperate | China | China | Zhejiang Sheng | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | widely cult. |
Native
Asia-Temperate
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CHINA:
China [Anhui Sheng, Zhejiang Sheng, Jiangxi Sheng, Guangdong Sheng, Guangxi Zhuangzu Zizhiqu]
Cultivated
(widely cult.)
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | as Michelia figo | Steenis, C. G. G. J. van, ed. 1948-. Flora malesiana. |
Food additives | flavoring | flowers used to prepare yulan tea in China fide Pl Res SEAs 19:136. 1999, as Michelia figo | Oyen, L. P. A. & Nguyen Xuan Dung, eds. 1999. Essential-oil plants. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 19:135-140. URL: http://proseanet.org |
Materials | essential oils | as Michelia figo | Craker, L. E. & J. E. Simon, eds. 1986-1987. Herbs, spices, and medicinal plants, 2 vols. |