A handsome evergeen pyramidal tree,s up to 24 m. high. Bark smooth, grey; leaves large, obovate-oblong or elliptic, glossy above, rusty pubescent beneath, firmly coriaceous; flowers> cup-shaped, 15-20 cm. diam., waxy white fragrant; fruits ovoid, rusty-tomentose; seeds brilliant red.

Stimulant, antimalarial, antirheumatic and diaphoretic (bark); toxic (wood).

Floridata
Magnolia grandiflora
Plants for a Future

Magnolol and honokiol (seed); cyclocolorenone (bark); menisperine and anonaine (wood).

For malaria and rheumatism (bark); for prickly heat itching, for sores and as a steam bath for treating dropsy (decoction); reduces the blood pressure, produces a slight acceleration in respiration but has no action on the heart (plant)

Do not use during pregnancy. Large doses (many times the recommended dosage) may cause vertigo.

Chandel et al., Biodiversity in Medicinal and Aromatic Plants in India.