''Magnolia doltsopa'' is a large shrub or small tree native to the eastern

Himalaya The Himalayas, or Himalaya (; ; ), is a mountain range in Asia, separating the plains of the Indian subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. The range has some of the planet's highest peaks, including the very highest, Mount Everest. Over 100 ...

n region and the

Meghalaya subtropical forests The Meghalaya subtropical forests is an ecoregion of Northeast India. The ecoregion covers an area of , and despite its name, comprise not only the state of Meghalaya, but also parts of southern Assam, and a tiny bit of Nagaland around Dimapur ...

in Northeastern India. The wood is fragrant.

Description

The plant varies in form from bushy to narrow and upright, can grow to a height of tall. The tree flowers in spring and produces heavily scented white flowers. It has long leathery and glossy dark-green leaves, in length, that provide a point of interest all year long. The wood is a rich brown. It grows in evergreen broad-leaved forests. The "Silver Cloud" variety grows to 15 feet and flowers earlier in its lifespan.

Cultivation

''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.

Global distribution and use

Nepal Nepal (; ne, :ne:नेपाल, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne, सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in S ...

, the wood of the ''Magnolia doltsopa'' is used for house building. It is also used for house building in

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainou ...

, where in the 1980s it suffered from over-harvesting. The ''Magnolia doltsopa'' is useful in a

Shifting cultivation Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned while post-disturbance fallow vegetation is allowed to freely grow while the cultivator moves on to another plot. The period of cu ...

system, which relies on species with good nitrogen fixation in soil.

References

doltsopa Trees of China Flora of Assam (region) Trees of Bangladesh Flora of East Himalaya Trees of Myanmar Garden plants of Asia Ornamental trees Trees of Nepal {{Magnoliales-stub