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| − | '''''Magnolia denudata''''', known as the '''lilytree'''<ref>{{PLANTS|id=MADE7|taxon=Magnolia denudata|accessdate=28 June 2015}}</ref> or '''Yulan magnolia''' ({{zh|s=玉兰花|t=玉蘭花|p=yùlánhuā|l=jade orchid/lily}}), is native to central and eastern [[China]].<ref name=FoC>{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=250090269 |title=''Yulania denudata'' |author=Nianhe Xia, Yuhu Liu & Hans P. Nooteboom |work=Flora of China |publisher=Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts |accessdate=2 May 2013}}</ref> It has been cultivated in Chinese [[Buddhist]] temple gardens since 600 AD. Its flowers were regarded as a symbol of purity in the [[Tang Dynasty]] and it was planted in the grounds of the [[Emperor]]'s [[palace]]. It is the official city flower of [[Shanghai]].
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| − | ''Magnolia denudata'' is a rather low, rounded, thickly branched, and coarse-textured tree to {{convert|30|ft|m}} tall. The leaves are ovate, bright green, 15 cm long and 8 cm wide. The bark is a coarse, dark gray. The 10–16 cm white flowers that emerge from early to late spring, while beautiful and thick with a citrus-lemon fragrance, are prone to browning if subjected to frost.
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| − | |Image:Opatija019.jpg|View of mature ''Magnolia denudata'' <br /> <center><small> - Botanical Park, [[Opatija]], Croatia </small></center>
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| − | |File:Magnolia denudata3.jpg|Leaves and fruit
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| − | |File:Yulan Magnolia Magnolia denudata Bark Horizontal.JPG|Bark
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| − | == Cultivation ==
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| − | ''Magnolia denudata'' is used as an ornamental tree in gardens. It is similar to other [[magnolia]]s in that it likes rich, moist soil and should be planted in a location where it is protected from elemental extremes. This plant has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref>{{cite web | url=
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| − | |title=''Magnolia denudata''
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| − | | publisher=Royal Horticultural Society | date=2017 | accessdate=2017-01-24}}</ref>
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| | == References == | | == References == |
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| − | == External links ==
| + | [[Category:Magnoliaceae]] |
| − | {{Commons|Magnolia denudata}}
| + | [[Category:Plants for Keenan to eat]] |
| − | {{Wikispecies|Magnolia denudata}}
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| − | * [https://web.archive.org/web/20041113014351/http://www.magnoliasociety.org/classification_matted_images/m_denudata.html Photos of flowers ]
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| − | [[Category:Magnolia|denudata]]
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| − | [[Category:Trees of China]]
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| − | [[Category:Medicinal plants]]
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