#1855 most planted
Magnolia insignis
Red lotus tree
16
trees mapped
0.00%
of all named trees
1
city
3.5 in
median trunk (9 cm, 16 measured)
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Magnolia insignis, also known as the red lotus tree, is a flowering plant species in the Magnoliaceae family. It is native to a wide region spanning Nepal, Assam, Tibet, southern China, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam. This species is commonly utilized as a street tree in various cities across southern China.
Where it grows
Trees in each city's inventory, with the share of that city's named trees this species accounts for.
- 160.01%—3.5 in
No city in this list records planting dates for this species, so age is blank throughout.
Native range
Terrestrial ecoregions where this species is native. Trees in the dataset mostly stand well outside it.
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests
- Myanmar coastal rain forests
- Northern Vietnam lowland rain forests
- South China-Vietnam subtropical evergreen forests
- Tenasserim-South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands
- Southeast Tibet shrublands and meadows
Other Magnolia in the catalogue
32 of the top 2,000 species are in this genus.
