Botanical Name: Magnolia sprengeri 'Eric Savill'
Common Name: Eric Savill magnolia
Family Name: Magnoliaceae
Distribution/Origin: China
Description: It is a small deciduous tree, up to 20 m in height with pale grayish brown to blackish brown, exfoliating bark. Young twigs are pale yellowish brown. The dark green leaves are obovate, 10-18 cm long and 4.5-10 cm broad, with a 1-3 cm petiole. Fragrant flowers appear before leaves, erect, cup-shaped, 15 cm wide, with 12-14 tepals that are white to rosy-red. The fruit is a cylindrical aggregate of follicles 6-18 cm long.
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