Xinyi is also famous as a spring flower and belongs to the Magnoliaceae family. The color is bright, the buds are compact, the scales are neat, and the fragrance is rich. Xinyi has the effect of dispersing wind and cold, and is used to treat rhinitis and lower blood pressure. Xinyi is also a valuable spice and chemical raw material. It is woody and is also an ornamental green plant. Historically, the supply has been in short supply for many years. Deciduous shrub, 3 to 4 meters high.

The dry skin is grayish-white, with longitudinal lobes; the branchlets are purple-brown, smooth and hairless, with broad oval lenticels, light white-brown; the terminal winter buds of Xinyi (20 pictures) are oval, 1 ~1.5 cm, covered with light gray-green silk hairs, axillary buds small, 2-3 mm long.

The leaves are alternate, with a short stalk, 1.5-2 cm long, hairless, sometimes slightly short-haired; the leaves are elliptical or obovate-elliptical, 10-16 cm long and 5-8.5 cm wide. cm, apex acuminate, base rounded, or rounded wedge-shaped, entire margin, smooth and hairless on both sides, sometimes with very sparse short hairs on the leaf margin, green surface, light green back, main vein protruding.

The flowers bloom in front of the leaves, or at about the same time, single, and born on the top of the branch; the calyx is 3 pieces, green, ovate-lanceolate, about 1/4 to 1/3 of the petals, Usually shed early; corolla has 6 pieces, purple outside, white inside, obovate, about 8 cm long, with many stamens arranged in a spiral, linear anthers, and short filaments; most carpels are separated and arranged in a spiral, and the style is short and tapered.

The fruit is oblong, sometimes slightly curved. The flowering period is from February to March, and the fruiting period is from June to July.

Grows in warmer areas.

Originally distributed in Hubei, Anhui, Zhejiang, and Fujian, it is less wild and widely cultivated in Shandong, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hubei, Yunnan, southern Shaanxi, Henan and other places. Those produced in Henan and Hubei have the best quality and are sold throughout the country and exported. Anhui products are concentrated in Anqing, called Anchunhua, and the quality is inferior.

The bark (magnolia bark) and flowers (magnolia) of this plant are also used for medicinal purposes, each of which is detailed in the article.

Magnolia ("Xueyuan Miscellaneous"), also known as white magnolia ("Compendium of Materia Medica"), Yingchunhua, Yutangchun, and white magnolia.

Deciduous tree, up to 15 meters high.

The crown is oval, with few branches and hairy young branches.

The leaves are alternate; the petiole is 1 to 2.5 cm long, pubescent; the leaves are obovate, or obovate-oblong, 8 to 16 cm long, 5 to 10 cm wide, with a broad and pointed apex. The base is attenuate, entire, green above, sparsely hairy on the veins, light green below, grayish white pubescent; winter buds are densely hairy.

The flowers are large, solitary, with the first leaves opening, cup-shaped, 10-15 cm in diameter, white, or purple on the outside and white on the inside; the pedicels are thick and short, densely covered with yellow-brown pubescence; the calyx is similar to the petals, 9 pieces, obovate or ovate-oblong; many stamens, flat filaments; many carpels, ovate, gathered on the extended receptacle.

The fruit is cylindrical, 7 to 10 cm long.

The flowering period is February.

The fruiting period is from June to July.

Mostly cultivated or wild in broad-leaved forests.

The flowers of this plant (magnolia) are also used for medicinal purposes. Please refer to this article for details.