Is the Yulan magnolia tree an evergreen or a deciduous plant?

Yulan magnolia, a name in Chinese medicine. Also known as magnolia and purple magnolia, it is a plant endemic to China, distributed in Yunnan, Fujian, Hubei, Sichuan and other places in China. So is Yulan magnolia evergreen or deciduous? Let's take a look!

1. Is Yulan magnolia evergreen or deciduous

Yulan magnolia is a deciduous plant. It mainly grows in mixed forests of evergreen broad-leaved trees and deciduous broad-leaved trees below an altitude of 1200 m, and is now commonly cultivated in gardens.

2. Differences between southern magnolia, white yulan magnolia and purple magnolia

All three are plants of the genus Magnolia in the family Magnoliaceae. Southern magnolia is an evergreen tree, white yulan magnolia is a deciduous tree, and purple magnolia is a deciduous shrub, which is already enough to distinguish them.

The branchlets, leaf stalks and undersides of the leaves of southern magnolia are densely covered with rusty-brown short downy hairs. The flowers are relatively large, white, and the aggregate follicle fruits are densely covered with grayish-brown downy hairs, and the follicles have long beaks.

The leaves of white yulan magnolia are obovate, broadly obovate or obovate-oblong, with a broadly rounded or truncate apex and a sudden tip, and the flowers are white, fragrant, and open before the leaves.

The branchlets of purple magnolia are purple-brown with obvious lenticels, the leaves are elliptic-obovate, with a suddenly pointed or gradually pointed apex and a gradually narrowed base, and the flowers open together with the leaves or before the leaves, and are purple.

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