Kobus magnolia
Magnolia kobus DC.
- light
- —
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 7.6 m
- wide
- 5.3 m
Magnoliaceae
Also called Kobushi Magnolia, Northern Japanese Magnolia
Formerly Buergeria obovata, Magnolia borealis, Magnolia kobushii, Magnolia pseudokobus, and 3 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
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Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- Shrub or treeKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Korea (Jejudo), JapanKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Height
- 6.1 m to 9.1 mRead from Plantlust, one source
- Spread
- 4.6 m to 6.1 mRead from Plantlust, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from Plantlust, one source
- Flowers
- White, pinkRead from Plantlust and Wikipedia, checked by a majority of its sourcesBacked by both sources
- Coldest it survives
- -28.9 °C (USDA zone 5a)Read from Plantlust, one source
Not known yet: light, heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (3)
- Chinese
- 日本辛夷
- Czech
- šácholan japonský
- Slovenian
- kobuši magnolija
Where this comes from
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- Plantlust, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikipedia, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3D model: Magnolia kobus (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
A fact “checked by a majority of its sources” was settled by a vote of the pages it was read from, not by a person reading it; one marked “one source” rests on that page alone. Anything else not marked checked has not been checked yet. Where nothing is known, the page says so rather than guess.