Magnoliaceae

Bigleaf magnolia

Magnolia macrophylla Michx.

Family: Magnoliaceae
Genus: Magnolia

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Bigleaf magnolia (Magnolia macrophylla) — FlowerPhoto: Sean Krieg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (11)

Arabic: مغنولية كبيرة الأوراق
arz: ماغنوليا كبيرة الاوراق
Bulgarian: Едролистна магнолия
Chinese: 大叶木兰, 大葉木蘭
Czech: Šácholan velkolistý, Magnólie velkolistá
English: Bigleaf magnolia, Big-leaf magnolia
German: Grossblättrige Magnolie, Großblättrige Magnolie
Hungarian: Nagylevelű liliomfa
Norwegian Bokmål: Storbladmagnolia
Russian: Магнолия крупнолистная
Swedish: Storbladig magnolia

Synonyms

Magnolia michauxiana DC.
Metamagnolia macrophylla (Michx.) Sima & S.G.Lu

Flowers

In flower: April to May (from 138 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)

Characteristics

Growth habit: Tree
Lifespan: Perennial
In the US and Canada: Lower 48 states: native

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Sean Krieg, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Terri Koontz, CC0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: John P Friel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
FlowerPhoto: Lauren McLaurin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Rob John, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Soil-Science.info on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Curtis Hansen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Soil-Science.info on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Shawn Harris, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Genet, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Niyan Shehan, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Sesamehoneytart, 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.