Oq gulli magnoliya
Magnolia naked, or naked magnolia (lat. Magnolia denudata) is a species of flowering plants belonging to the genus Magnolia (Magnolia) of the Magnolia family (Magnoliaceae). In terms of beauty of flowering, it occupies one of the first places among magnolias. In nature, the species' range covers the southern and central regions of China. It has long been cultivated in the gardens of China and Japan. Cultivated on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus, in the southern regions of Crimea, in Georgia (Tbilisi), Russia (Tambov region), Uzbekistan and Ukraine; known in Lithuania. Grows in damp mountain forests.
A deciduous tree up to 15 m high, sometimes growing as a bush, with a low-hanging tent-shaped crown and a trunk branching almost from the very base, covered with light gray smooth bark. The shoots are at first pubescent, then bare, and by autumn they are dark chestnut, glossy, with numerous white lentils.
Flower buds are appressed, silky pubescent, elongated-ovate, about 3-4 cm long, 1-1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves are obovate, 15-17 cm long, 10-12 cm wide, suddenly briefly pointed at the apex and gradually tapering towards the base , at first densely pubescent on both sides, then bare above, light green below, sparsely pubescent along the veins. Petioles are 2.5-3 cm long, thin, pubescent. The flowers are cup-shaped, 12-15 cm in diameter, milky white, fragrant; perianth of 9 obovate lobes, 8-10 cm long, 6-6.5 cm wide. The fruit is a cylindrical, brown collective leaflet 8-12 cm long. Flowering occurs before the leaves appear; on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus in February - March, in Crimea and Ukraine in March - April. Fruiting in September.
Introduced into the Botanical Garden. Seeds of this species were brought from Khanjod and sown in the Botanical Garden by academician F.N. Rusanov in 1959. In the spring of 1959, they were sown in the nursery and the introduction of these species was studied; also in 1965, the exposition of the Tashkent Botanical Garden was planted in East Asia. Currently, 1 adult year of a tree of this species grows in this exhibition.
