Plant: Magnolia doltsopa 南亞含笑

Magnolia doltsopa is a large shrub or small tree native to the eastern Himalayan region and the Meghalaya subtropical forests in Northeastern India. The wood is fragrant. The tree flowers in spring and produces heavily scented white flowers. Magnolia doltsopa is used as a featured ornamental tree and street tree, or pruned as a hedge. It is useful in a Shifting cultivation system.

南亞含笑是一棵大型灌木或小樹，原產於喜馬拉雅東部地區和印度東北部的梅加拉亞邦亞熱帶森林。木頭很香。這種樹在春天開花，並產生很香的白花。南亞含笑被用作觀賞樹和街樹，或被修剪為樹籬。它可用於耕地輪作系統。

Photo Date: 2022.02.03 Location: The Hutington Library
Photo Date: 2021.02.04 Location: The Hutington Library
Photo Date: 2021.02.16 Location: LA Arboretum

Notes for Magnolia doltsopa 南亞含笑筆記

  • Magnolia doltsopa is a large shrub or small tree native to the eastern Himalayan region and the Meghalaya subtropical forests in Northeastern India. The wood is fragrant.
  • The plant varies in form from bushy to narrow and upright, can grow to a height of 30 meters (98 ft) tall.
  • The tree flowers in spring and produces heavily scented white flowers.
  • Magnolia doltsopa is used as a featured ornamental tree and street tree, or pruned as a hedge. It enjoys a sheltered position in full or part sun, and appreciates well drained soil. It can tolerate acidic soil.
  • In Nepal, the wood of the Magnolia doltsopa is used for house building. It is also used for house building in Bhutan, where in the 1980s it suffered from over-harvesting.
  • The Magnolia doltsopa is useful in a Shifting cultivation system, which relies on species with good nitrogen fixation in soil.
  • 南亞含笑是一棵大型灌木或小樹，原產於喜馬拉雅東部地區和印度東北部的梅加拉亞邦亞熱帶森林。木頭很香。
  • 南亞含笑的形態從濃密的到狹窄而直立的，可以長到30公尺（98英尺）高。
  • 這種樹在春天開花，並產生很香的白花。
  • 南亞含笑被用作觀賞樹和街樹，或被修剪為樹籬。它在完全或部分日光下都處於遮蔽的位置，並且排水良好。它可以耐受酸性土壤。
  • 在尼泊爾，南亞含笑的木材用於房屋建築。 它也被用於不丹的房屋建築，不丹在1980年代曾遭受過度收成之害。
  • 南亞含笑可用於耕地輪作系統，該系統依靠土壤中固氮能力強的物種。

Here are some varieties and hybrids derived from the Magnolia doltsopa:

以下是由南亞含笑衍生的一些變種及雜交品種：

Magnolia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ 銀雲含笑
Photo Date: 2022.01.06 Location: The Huntington Library

Notes for Magnolia doltsopa ‘Silver Cloud’ 銀雲含笑筆記

  • Small, semi-evergreen tree or large shrub with very long, oval, leathery dark green leaves, glaucous beneath. Large, bowl-shaped, multi-petalled, white flowers, to 20cm across, with about 30 tepals, formed in the autumn, are very fragrant and appear in late spring
  • 這是一種小型半常綠喬木或大型灌木，長有長橢圓形、質地堅韌的深綠色葉片，葉背呈粉綠色。其花朵碩大，呈碗狀，為重瓣白色，直徑可達 20 厘米，約有 30 枚花被片；花芽於秋季形成，花朵芳香濃鬱，於春末開放。
Magnolia x foggii #2 福吉木蘭 #2
Photo Date: 2021.03.04 Location: The Huntington Library

Notes for Magnolia x foggii #2 福吉木蘭 #2筆記

  • This plant is a hybrid of cultivated origin. It is a cross between Magnolia figo, the Banana Shrub, and the tender Magnolia doltsopa, both formerly in the genus Michelia. Michelia is now merged with Magnolia. Common name: Banana Shrub Hybrid.
  • An attractive flowering tree for fertile soil in semi-shady site.
  • The long 3/5 inch leaves and abundant, but somewhat ill-scented, 3 inch wide magnolia-like white flowers appear in early spring.
  • 該植物屬於人工培育的雜交品種，親代分別為含笑（俗稱「香蕉灌木」）和不耐寒的 Magnolia doltsopa 南亞含笑；這兩個親本原先均歸類於含笑屬（Michelia），該屬現已併入木蘭屬（Magnolia）。其通用名為「含笑花雜交種」（Banana Shrub Hybrid）。
  • 適合種植於半陰環境肥沃土壤中的觀花喬木。
  • 早春時節，植株會長出長約 3/5 英吋的葉片，並開出繁茂但氣味略顯難聞、寬約 3 英吋的白色花朵（形狀像木蘭花）。
Magnolia x foggii ‘Allspice’ 多香果含笑
Photo Date: 2020.03.17 Location: LA Arboretum
Photo Date: 2021.02.16 Location: LA Arboretum
Photo Date: 2021.03.16 Location: LA Arboretum

Notes for Magnolia x foggii ‘Allspice’ 多香果含笑筆記

  • ‘Allspice’ is a cross between Michelia figo and the related Michelia doltsopa.
  • Allspice Magnolia features showy fragrant creamy white cup-shaped flowers. It takes a pyramidal form when young but eventually assumes a rounded shape. Raised by Phil Savage, Detroit, before 1991.
  • The narrow, glossy leaves of Michelia ‘Allspice’ make the perfect foil for white flowers that bear the scent of ripe bananas (hence the common name banana shrub).
  • Flowers peak in spring and early summer but continue to open sporadically throughout summer.
  • 「Allspice」多香果是含笑與近緣種南亚含笑的雜交品種。
  • 多香果含笑開有醒目、芳香且呈杯狀的乳白色花朵。植株幼年時呈圓錐形，但最終會演變為圓形。該品種由底特律的菲爾·薩維奇（Phil Savage）於 1991 年之前培育。
  • 多香果含笑那狹長而富有光澤的葉片，完美襯托出了其白色的花朵；這些花朵散發著成熟香蕉的芬芳（這也是它被稱為“香蕉灌木”的原因）。
  • 花朵在春季和初夏盛開，但在整個夏季仍會零星開放。
Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ 福氏木蘭
Photo Date: 2019.03.07 Location: The Huntington Library

Notes for Magnolia x foggii ‘Jack Fogg’ 福氏木蘭筆記

  • This artificial hybrid is the result of a cross between Magnolia figo and M. doltsopa.
  • Tepals white, edged purple-pink.
  • 這種人工雜交種是含笑與南亚含笑雜交的產物。
  • 花被片白色，邊緣呈紫粉色。

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