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Kobushi Magnolia🌸
Magnolia kobus
コブシ
A deciduous tall tree that blooms profusely with white flowers before the leaves emerge in spring. Flowers slightly earlier than Yoshino cherry. Flowers have 6 white tepals with a slightly reddish center. Native to mountain areas from Hokkaido to Kyushu.
Identification Points
- ✓Six white tepals (Magnolia denudata has 9)
- ✓White flowers appear before the leaves
- ✓Flowers face sideways to slightly upward (M. denudata faces upward)
- ✓Fruit is a bumpy red aggregate (resembling a fist, origin of the name 'kobushi')
Habitat
Mountains, parks, streets
Season
March to April (flowers)
3D Specimen Model
Kyushu University, Shikano Lab (CC0)
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Leaf arrangement
Alternate
Leaf type
Simple
Venation
Pinnate
Leaf margin
Entire
Leaf shape
Ovate
Growth form
Tree
Evergreen/Deciduous
Deciduous
Petal count
Many
Petal fusion
Free
Flower color
White
Flowering season
Spring
Habitat
Mountain
Stipules
Present
Flower symmetry
Actinomorphic
Ovary position
Superior
Phylogenetic Positionモクレン科 →
Phylogenetic Position
Angiosperms > Magnoliids > Magnoliales > Magnoliaceae
Divergence Era
Early Cretaceous (approx. 100 million years ago onward)
Evolution Notes
Magnoliaceae is a relatively ancient angiosperm lineage, appearing as early as the Early Cretaceous.
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