''Magnolia cubensis,'' the Cuban magnolia or cashew of the Maestra, is a tree native to the island of

Cuba Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...

in the

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. It grows in the

Sierra Maestra The Sierra Maestra is a mountain range that runs westward across the south of the old Oriente Province in southeast Cuba, rising abruptly from the coast. The range falls mainly within the Santiago de Cuba and in Granma Provinces. Some view it a ...

in the southeastern part of the island, at elevations from . It is an evergreen with leathery leaves and flowers about in diameter. Seeds are reddish-orange.Urban, Ignatz. Symbolae Antillanae seu Fundamenta Florae Indiae Occidentalis 1: 307. 1899.

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15489315 cubensis Flora of Cuba Flora without expected TNC conservation status