Magnoliaceae
Japanese big leaf magnolia
Magnolia obovata
- Family
- Magnoliaceae
- Genus
- Magnolia
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- مغنولية بيضاوية
- arz
- ماغنوليا بيضاويه
- Chinese
- 日本厚朴, 日本厚樸, 和朴
- Czech
- Šácholan obvejčitý, Magnólie obvejčitá
- English
- Japanese big leaf magnolia, Japanese whitebark magnolia, Whiteleaf Japanese magnolia, Honoki magnolia
- German
- Honoki-Magnolie
- Japanese
- ホオノキ, ホウノキ, 朴の木
- Korean
- 일본목련
- Macedonian
- Крупнолисна магнолија
- Persian
- درخت خیار ژاپنی
- Russian
- Магнолия обратнояйцевидная
- Slovenian
- Rdeča magnolija
- Swedish
- Junimagnolia
- Ukrainian
- Маґнолія великолиста
Synonyms
- Houpoea obovata (Thunb.) N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu
- Liriodendron liliiflorum Steud.
- Magnolia glauca Thunb.
- Magnolia hirsuta Thunb.
- Magnolia honogi P.Parm.
- Magnolia hoonoki Siebold
- Magnolia hypoleuca Siebold & Zucc.
- Magnolia hypoleuca var. concolor Siebold & Zucc.
- Yulania japonica var. obovata (Thunb.) P.Parm.
Flowers
- In flower
- April to May (from 33 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Timur Kalininsky, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: donwerth-chikamatsu, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Se Lena, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
LeavesPhoto: ITÔ, Hiroki, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Sphl, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: WATANABE Hitoshi 渡辺仁, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PtrQs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Marco Mussita, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PtrQs, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: mami_t_t, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: PtrQs, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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). About our plant data.