Magnoliaceae FAMILY

Magnolia blumei

Edibility

0/5

Medicinal

0/5

Safety & Hazards

None known

Cultivation Details

HabitTree

Growth—

A plant of low to moderately high elevations in the moist tropics, where it is found naturally at elevations from 450 - 2,400 metres^[1]. The tree has been planted at 3 x 1 - 1.5 metres in plantations, where a rotation of 35 years is recommended^[1]. During this rotation the mean annual volume increment is estimated at 12.1 m3/ha^[1]. In natural forest in West Java seedlings of M. Glauca have shown increments of up to 6 cm in diameter and up to 9 metres in height over a period of 5 years^[1]. The plant has been observed with flowers and fruits all year round^[1].

Propagation

Seed - Cite as: Tropical Plants Database, Ken Fern. tropical.theferns.info. 2026-02-20. <tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Magnolia+blumei>

Pollinators

Beetles

References

[1]World Agroforesty Centre — http://www.worldagroforestry.org/ ↩︎An excellent online database of a huge range of trees giving very good information on each plant - its uses, ecology, identity, propagation, pests etc.
[2]Dictionary of Economic Plants. — Uphof. J. C. Th. · Weinheim · 1959 · ISBN - ↩︎An excellent and very comprehensive guide but it only gives very short descriptions of the uses without any details of how to utilize the plants. Not for the casual reader.