''Magnolia rimachii'' is a small to medium-sized tree of the family Magnoliaceae commonly reaching 8 to 15 m high. It is found in the western lowland
Amazon Basin
The Amazon basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries. The Amazon drainage basin covers an area of about , or about 35.5 percent of the South American continent. It is located in the countries of Bolivi ...
tropical forest, in Ecuador and Peru, between in elevation.
Description
''Magnolia rimachii'' has chartaceous elliptic leaves 12–26 cm long and 5–10 cm broad.
Flowers are fragrant and can have 6 or 7 obovate petals 2–4.5 cm long and 1–2 cm wide.
The elliptic fruit can be ca. 3.5 cm long.
References
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Trees of the Amazon
Trees of Peru
Trees of Ecuador
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