Kingdom Plantae Family Magnoliaceae Scientific name Magnolia rimachii | Order Magnoliales Genus Magnolia Rank Species | |
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Magnolia rimachii is a small to medium-sized tree of the Magnoliaceae family commonly reaching 8 to 15 m high. It is found in the western lowland Amazon Basin tropical forest, in Ecuador and Peru, between 140–500 metres (460–1,640 ft) in elevation.
Description
Magnolia rimachii has chartaceous elliptic leaves 12–26 cm long and 5–10 cm broad. Flowers are fragrant and can have 6 or 7 obovate petals 2–4.5 cm long and 1–2 cm wide. The elliptic fruit can be ca. 3.5 cm long.
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