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Early one morning in 1985, a pair of researchers trekked into a spit of Colombian rainforest surrounded by coffee plantations. Their task was to identify all the epiphytes — plants that grow on other ...

The volatile oils from leaves of Michelia champaca L. collected bimonthly during one year (four times on the fifteenth day of January, March, May, July, September, and November - 2004) were subjected ...

As a result of a recent alpha-taxonomic study of the genus Magnolia s. str. in Mexico and Central America, four new species and four new subspecies of Magnolia sect. Theorhodon are proposed, including ...

Magnolia bark is a popular herb in traditional Chinese and Japanese medicine. Modern research suggests that it's helpful when treating various conditions like stress-induced anxiety, digestive issues, ...

Abstract: Magnoliaceae species are considered as an original angiosperm, which has had extensive distribution in the Earth history. It had acted as an important role to origin of angiosperm; and some ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – For more than a century, Mississippi’s image has been almost synonymous with a particular tree: the magnolia. Its flower is incorporated into the state’s nickname, flag, and ...

Leaves – Deciduous; about 5”; generally 4-lobed; lobe margins entire; base and apex nearly truncate or notched. Twigs & Buds – Stout; reddish-brown; bitter; with conspicuous stipule scars encircling ...