Magnoliaceae
Cucumber tree
Magnolia acuminata
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
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Common names
By language (12)
- Arabic
- مغنولية مستدقة
- arz
- مجنوليه مستدقه
- Cherokee
- ᏧᏆᎶᎦ ᏤᏆ
- Chinese
- 渐尖木兰
- Czech
- Šácholan přišpičatělý, Šácholan zašpičatělý, Magnólie přišpičatělá
- English
- Cucumber tree, Cucumber magnolia, Cucumber-tree, Mountain magnolia, Yellow cucumbertree, Blue magnolia, Cucumbertree
- Finnish
- Poppelimagnolia
- German
- Gurken-Magnolie, Gelbblütige Gurken-Magnolien
- Hungarian
- Hegyeslevelű liliomfa
- Norwegian Bokmål
- Agurkmagnolia
- Russian
- Магнолия длиннозаострённая, Магнолия длиннозаостренная
- Ukrainian
- Маґнолія загостренолиста
Synonyms
- Kobus acuminata (L.) Nieuwl.
- Magnolia acuminata var. decandollei (Savi) DC.
- Magnolia umbrella var. acuminata (L.) P.Parm.
- Magnolia virginiana var. acuminata L.
- Tulipastrum acuminatum (L.) Small
- Tulipastrum acuminatum var. flavum Small
- Tulipastrum americanum Spach
- Tulipastrum americanum var. vulgare Spach
- Yulania acuminata (L.) D.L.Fu
Flowers
- Flower colour
- yellow (USDA PLANTS Database)
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Tree
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Canada: native, Lower 48 states: native
Photos
Photo: Bruce Marlin, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: plant gal, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Silvia Tort Ranson, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nancy Schubert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: myrgray, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alouis21, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: titamassie, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF 
Photo: Alouis21, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.