Plant: Magnolia montana 山含笑

Magnolia montana is a species of Magnolia native to the western Malesia region (Malaysia and Indonesia) of the Indomalayan realm. This species has a smooth, greyish-brown bark where the fresh sapwood produces a ginger-like smell. The flowers produce a melon-like fragrant with a total of 9 tepals, 3 greenish or greenish-white outer tepals and 6 creamy or white inner tepals.
山含笑是木蘭屬的一種，原產於印度馬來亞大陸西部馬來西亞地區（馬來西亞和印尼）。樹種的樹皮光滑，呈灰褐色，新鮮的邊材散發出類似薑的氣味。花朵散發出類似甜瓜的芳香，共有 9 個花被片，其中 3 個外花被片為綠色或綠白色，6 個內花被片為乳白色或白色。

Here are some varieties and hybrids derived from the Magnolia montana:
以下是由山含笑衍生的一些變種及雜交品種：

Magnolia x alba 白蘭
Photo Date: 2020.07.10 Location: LA County

Notes for Magnolia x alba 白蘭筆記

  • Magnolia × alba is a hybrid of Magnolia champaca and Magnolia montana.
  • Magnolia × alba, also known as the white champaca, white sandalwood, or white jade orchid tree, is a flowering plant of hybrid origin that is commonly cultivated in Southeast Asia and tropical regions of East Asia.
  • It is widely cultivated as an ornamental in Asia for the strongly fragrant flowers.
  • In Taiwan, the flowers are plucked from trees before they open and bunches of them are strung together on wire, to be sold at roadside to truck and taxi drivers.
  • In Indonesia, the pleasantly fragrant flower is used and arranged together with Jasminum sambac as flower garland, especially wore by brides during traditional wedding ceremony. The flowers are similarly used in Thailand, where they are worn as traditional wedding garlands by the bride and groom.
  • An essential oil is extracted from the flowers.
  • In traditional Chinese medicine, the flowers are used to move qi and relieve cough.
  • 白蘭是黃蘭和山含笑的雜交品種。
  • 白玉，又稱白香蘭、白檀香或白玉蘭樹(別稱白玉蘭,還有黃葛蘭、黃桷蘭的別名)，是一種雜交開花植物，常見於東南亞和東亞熱帶地區。
  • 白蘭因為有著濃烈的香氣，在亞洲成為一種廣泛種植的園藝植物。
  • 臺灣慣稱白蘭為「玉蘭花」。臺灣玉蘭花的最大產地在屏東縣高樹鄉，其次為鹽埔鄉。在臺灣，玉蘭花還未完全開時便被摘下用鐵絲綁起來，賣花人常在絡繹不絕的車道上向駕駛兜售「玉蘭花」。
  • 在印尼，新娘在傳統婚禮上，常佩戴這種由芬芳的白蘭花與茉莉一起所作成的花環。在泰國，新娘和新郎也將它們作為傳統婚禮的花環佩戴。
  • 白蘭可以壓榨出精油。
  • 在傳統中醫裏，白蘭的花可用來行氣止咳。

Notes Magnolia montana 山含笑筆記

  • Magnolia montana is a species of Magnolia native to the western Malesia region (Malaysia and Indonesia) of the Indomalayan realm.
  • The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.
  • This species has a smooth, greyish-brown bark where the fresh sapwood produces a ginger-like smell. Its elliptic to obovate leaves have a short acuminate at the apex measuring around 2-20 mm. The flowers produce a melon-like fragrant with a total of 9 tepals, 3 greenish or greenish-white outer tepals and 6 creamy or white inner tepals (Nooteboom, 2012).
  • 山含笑是木蘭屬的一種，原產於印度馬來亞大陸西部馬來西亞地區（馬來西亞和印尼）。
  • 拉丁文種小名 montana 指的是山脈或來自山。
  • 樹種的樹皮光滑，呈灰褐色，新鮮的邊材散發出類似薑的氣味。其葉子呈橢圓形至倒卵形，頂端有短漸尖，長約 2-20 毫米。花朵散發出類似甜瓜的芳香，共有 9 個花被片，其中 3 個外花被片為綠色或綠白色，6 個內花被片為乳白色或白色（Nooteboom，2012）。

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