Magnolia vrieseana

Magnolia vrieseana is a tree species of the family Magnoliaceae endemic to Indonesia, occurring in Sulawesi and Maluku.[2]

Magnolia vrieseana
Magnolia vrieseana with Aramidopsis plateni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Magnoliales
Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia
Subgenus: Magnolia subg. Yulania
Section: Magnolia sect. Michelia
Subsection: Magnolia subsect. Elmerrillia
Species:
M. vrieseana
Binomial name
Magnolia vrieseana
Synonyms[1]

Talauma ovalis Miq.
Talauma vrieseana Miq.
Elmerrillia ovalis (Miq.) Dandy
Elmerrillia vrieseana (Miq.) Dandy

Magnolia vrieseana are large, evergreen trees with spiral leaves and long terminal stipules that leave circular scars when falling off. The flowers are borne on short shoots in leaf axils and have cream or white petals.[3]

The timber of this plant is much sought after in Sulawesi[3][4] and often used to make carvings by the Toraja people.[2] The species is known as "uru" in the area around Lore Lindu National Park in Central Sulawesi.[5] In Minahasa the Indonesian name is "cempaka hutan kasar"[4] which means "coarse-grained forest-cempaka" and alludes the natural occurrence of the species as opposed to the cultivated cempaka and its coarser-grained wood compared to "cempaka hutan halus" (= "fine-grained forest-cempaka", Magnolia tsiampacca), another other common species with valuable timber in Sulawesi.[4]

References
  1. WCSP. "Magnolia vrieseana in World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  2. Mengenal Hewan & Tumbuhan Asli Indonesia. Majalah Tembi. April 2002. ISBN 9786028526173. Retrieved 2 May 2014.
  3. Nooteboom, HP (1988). "Magnoliaceae". Flora Malesiana (Series I). 10 (3): 598. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
  4. Koorders, SH (1898). Verslag eener botanische dienstreis door de Minahasa, tevens eerste overzicht der flora van N. O. Celebes uit een wetenschappelijk en praktisch oogpunt. Batavia [Jakarta] - 's Gravenhage [Den Haag]: G. Kolff & Co. pp. i–xxvi, 1–716.
  5. Keßler, PJA; Bos, MM; Sierra Daza, SEC; Kop, A; Willemse, LPM; Pitopang, R; Gradstein, SR (2002). "Checklist of woody plants of Sulawesi, Indonesia". Blumea. Supplement 14: 78. Retrieved 25 August 2015.


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