Michelia Fuscata
The Banana Shrub or Port Wine Magnolia' (Michelia figo) is an evergreen tree growing to 3-4 m tall. It is native to China,Asia.
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers. The leaves are leathery, dark glossy-green, to 10 cm long. The flowers are cream-white, purple rounded or light-purple; strongly scented. This plant is used in Shanghai, China, as a tall evergreen hedge. It makes a large evergreen compact tree. It grows in acid and alkaline soil very well
Initially described as by Portuguese missionary . it was reclassified as Michelia figo by German botanist Curt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel. In 2006, a cladistic analysis of the genus Michelia found them to lie within the genus Magnolia. |
It is cultivated as an ornamental plant in gardens for its fragrant flowers. The leaves are leathery, dark glossy-green, to 10 cm long. The flowers are purple rounded or light-purple; strongly scented. It grows to a large evergreen compact tree. It grows in acid and alkaline soil very well. Susceptible to black soot. |
