| Family |
Magnoliaceae |
| Scientific name |
Magnolia obovata Thunberg |
| Synonyms |
Liliodendron liliflorum Steudel; Magnolia glauca sensu Thunberg, non L.;
Magnolia honogi P. Parmentier; Magnolia hoonokii Siebold; Magnolia hypoleuca
Siebold & Zuccarini; Magnolia hypoleuca Siebold & Zuccarini var.
concolor Siebold & Zuccarini; Yulania japonica Spach var. obovata (Thunberg)
P. Parmentier |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) ho-no-ki [large leaves tree] |
| (English common name) Japanese whitebark magnolia |
| Distribution |
(Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu |
| (Other nations) Russia (Kuril Islands), China |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=38 |
| Description |
Plants 20-30m tall. Leaves 20-40cm long. Flowers pale yellow ca. 15cm,
flowering in May to June. Fruits 10-15cm long. Deciduous. Arbor trees. |
| Reference |
Magnolia obovata Thunb. |
| Fluttering kite (US Patent 4530477/1985) |
| Biphenyl derivative composition for nerve cell degeneration repairing or
protective agent and process for preparing a phenyl derivative contained
in the composition (US Patent 5053548/1991) |
| Control of protozoal disease (US Patent 5135746/1992) |
| Reinforcing material for wood and reinforced wood (US Patent 6596408/2003) |
| Herbal compositions for treating immunological disorders (US Patent 6503542/2003) |
| Compositions and methods of use for extracts of magnoliaceae plants (US
Patent 6582735/2003) |
| Compositions and methods of use for extracts of magnoliaceae plants (US
Patent 6814987/2004) |
| Cosmetic composition and production thereof (US Patent 20060018867) |
| Compositions for potentiating glutatthione (US Patent 20060257351) |
| Composition for preventing and/or treating bone disease, physiologically
functional or health food containing thereof, and pharmaceutical containing
thereof as active ingredients (US Patent 20070232703) |
