Common Name:
Manglietia
Some 25 species of evergreen shrubs and trees, similar to Magnolia, however, leaf petiole bases appear swollen, flowers 9-lobed in 2 whorls, as many as 6 ovules per carpel. Native range from Malesia to southern China, eastern Himalaya.
Manglietia: apparently a vernacular name applied to some Magnolia species
Pronunciation:
man-GLAY-ee-a
Family:
Magnoliaceae