Description
Magnolia grandiflora听is a medium to large听听tree which may grow 120听ft (37听m) tall.听It typically has a single stem (or trunk) and a听听蝉丑补辫别.听罢丑别听听are simple and broadly ovate,听12鈥�20听cm (4+3鈦�4鈥�7+3鈦�4听in) long and听6鈥�12听cm (2+1鈦�4鈥�4+3鈦�4听in) broad,听with smooth margins. They are dark green, stiff, and leathery, and often scurfy underneath with yellow-brown听.
The large, showy,听听-scented听听are white, up to听30听cm (11+3鈦�4听in) across and fragrant, with six to 12 petals with a waxy texture, emerging from the tips of twigs on mature trees in late spring.
Flowering is followed by the rose-colored fruit, ovoid听,听7.5鈥�10听cm (3鈥�3+7鈦�8听in) long, and听3鈥�5听cm (1+1鈦�4鈥�2听in) wide.
Exceptionally large trees have been reported in the far听. The national champion is a specimen in听, that stands 37听m (121听ft). Another record includes a 35-m-high specimen from the Chickasawhay District,听, in听, which measured 17.75听ft (5.4 m) in circumference at breast height, from 1961, and a 30-m-tall tree from听, which reached 18听ft in circumference at breast height.