Magnolia liliifera

Egg magnolia
The typical cream-colored flower of Magnolia liliifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Subgenus:	Magnolia subg. Magnolia
Section:	Magnolia sect. Gwillimia subsect. Blumiana
Species:	M. liliifera
Binomial name
Magnolia liliifera (L.) Baill.
Synonyms
Aromadendron oreadum (Diels) Kaneh. & Hatus. Blumia candollei Nees nom. inval. Liriodendron liliiferum L. Magnolia andamanica (King) D.C.S.Raju & M.P.Nayar Magnolia andamanica King nom. inval. Magnolia candollei (Blume) H.Keng nom. illeg. Magnolia craibiana Dandy Magnolia forbesii King nom. inval. Magnolia kunstleri King nom. inval. Magnolia mutabilis (Blume) H.J.Chowdhery & P.Daniel Magnolia odoratissima Reinw. ex Blume nom. inval. Magnolia pachyphylla Dandy Magnolia poilanei (Dandy ex Humbert) Callaway nom. inval. Magnolia pulgarensis Dandy Magnolia pumila Andrews Magnolia rumphii (Blume) Spreng. Magnolia splendens Reinw. ex Blume nom. inval. Magnolia thamnodes Dandy Manglietia celebica Miq. Manglietia sebassa King Manglietia thamnodes (Dandy) Gagnep. Talauma andamanica King Talauma athliantha Dandy Talauma borneensis Merr. Talauma candollei Blume Talauma celebica Koord. Talauma forbesii King Talauma gitingensis Elmer Talauma gracilior Dandy Talauma inflata P.Parm. Talauma javanica P.Parm. Talauma kunstleri King Talauma liliifera (L.) Kuntze Talauma liliifera (L.) Kurz Talauma longifolia (Blume) Ridl. Talauma macrophylla Blume ex Miq. Talauma miqueliana Dandy Talauma mutabilis Blume Talauma nhatrangensis Dandy Talauma oreadum Diels Talauma pulgarensis Elmer Talauma pumila (Andrews) Blume Talauma reticulata Merr. Talauma rubra Miq. Talauma rumphii Blume Talauma sebassa (King) Miq. ex Dandy Talauma soembensis Dandy Talauma sumatrana A.Agostini Talauma thamnodes (Dandy) Tiep Talauma undulatifolia A.Agostini

Magnolia liliifera, commonly known as egg magnolia, is a flowering tree native to the Indomalaya ecozone. It bears white to cream-colored flowers on terminal stems. The leaves are elliptical and get as large as 10 inches long and 3 inches wide. The tree ranges in height of 12–60 feet in situ.

Magnolia liliifera was classified as having several varieties, however these have now been generally accepted as species by several botanists including Hans Peter Nooteboom and Richard B. Figlar according to data compiled by Rafaël Govaerts, a researcher for the WCSP at Kew Gardens.

Magnolia liliifera is grown as an ornamental plant and is suited to culture in pots. Although tropical, the egg magnolia is reported to withstand sub-tropical climates at USDA zone 10 and higher. It has been grown in the West since the Victorian era with the first report of a flowering specimen at Kew Gardens in April, 1862. The egg magnolia is valued for its fragrant, egg-like flower which releases a wafting pineapple-like scent in the morning.

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