Name derived from the Malay name for one of the species.
Mostly large trees. Flowers solitary, bisexual, the parts mostly in 3s. Carpels numerous, free or fused, sometimes on a common stalk; ovules 4 or more in each carpel, fruiting carpels free.
Many species in this genus are well suited to the climate of our region and have attractive foliage and flowers. They are likely to be more popular in the future although at present only a few are on offer including: M. insignis (Wall.) Blume, M. conifera Dandy (M. chingii Dandy) and M. fordiana Oliver (M. yuyuanensis Y.W. Law).
Flowers terminal; ovules 4 or more in each carpel.
About 25 species of tropical and subtropical Asia from Himalaya to China (18 species) and Malesia but not extending to New Guinea.
Chen Bao Liang &Nooteboom (1993).
Source: (1997). Magnoliaceae. In: . Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 2. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 1. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.
