Magnolia kobus
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| Internal ID | UUID643fe2387d65f263778637 |
| Scientific name | Magnolia kobus |
| Authority | DC. |
| First published in | Syst. Nat. 1: 456 (1817) |
General Uses Top
Suggest a correction!Wood and fiber:
The light-colored, fine-grained wood of Magnolia kobus is used for furniture, veneer, interior joinery, and carving. Logs and residuals also supply pulpwood chips to the kraft and mechanical pulp industries for printing and writing papers. The species is suitable for high-grade fiberboard and plywood. Moderate density and low shrinkage characteristics influence these applications.
Industrial and craft applications:
Plywood and fiberboard panels are made from veneer or reconstituted wood. Softwood pulpwood chips contribute to the bleached and unbleached kraft grades used in paper manufacture. Bark has been evaluated for fiberboard adhesives in East Asian studies, but commercial adoption remains limited.
Fragrance and cosmetics:
Flowers yield essential oil and absolute by steam distillation or solvent extraction. These extracts are used by perfumery and soap manufacturers for their sweet-floral note. They are not widely commercialized but are listed in ingredient resources and cited for their constituent aromatics, including phenylpropanoids such as estragole.
Scientific/model use:
Magnolia kobus is a research subject in woody plant biology, phenology, developmental genetics, and evolutionary studies. It is a reference species for phylogenetic and population-genetics work within Magnolia. Genomic resources (e.g., genome assemblies and transcriptomes) are available through public databases, and the species is used for protocol development, phenotyping pipelines, and comparative genomics.
Standards and regulation:
Forest products and timber must meet national grading, processing, and CITES export rules where applicable. Cosmetic uses of essential oil/absolutes are subject to INCI naming and IFRA fragrance safety guidelines; no health or medicinal claims are made for cosmetic applications.
Sustainability and sourcing:
Supply is regional. If harvested from wild populations, follow sustainable management and any applicable CITES controls for Magnoliaceae. Plantation-grown or mixed hardwood-origin chips for pulping may reduce pressure on wild stocks.
Synonyms Top
| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Magnolia borealis | Kudô | Medic. Pl. Hokkaido : 47 (1922) |
| Magnolia kobus var. borealis | Sarg. | Trees & Shrubs 2: 57. 1908 |
| Magnolia kobushi | Mayr | Fremdländ. Wald-Parkbäume : 484 (1906) |
| Magnolia praecocissima | Koidz. | Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 43: 386 (1929) |
| Magnolia pseudokobus | Abe & Akasawa | Bull. Kochi Women's Coll. 2: 104, 110 (1954) |
| Magnolia thurberi | hort. | ex Gard. Kew i. Polypet. (1894) 17. |
| Michelia gracilis | Kostel. | Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 5: 1701 (1836) |
| Yulania kobus | (DC.) Spach | Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 467. 1839 (1839) |
| Buergeria obovata | Siebold & Zucc. | Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 187 (1845) |
| Talauma obovata | (Siebold & Zucc.) Benth. & Hook.f. ex Hance | J. Bot. 20: 2 (1882) |
| Magnolia kobus f. horisontalidivaricata | V.V.Byalt & Firsov | Hortus Botanicus 14: 43 (2019) |
Common names Top
Add a new one! Suggest a correction!| Language | Common/alternative name |
|---|---|
| English | northern japanese magnolia |
| English | kobushi magnolia |
| English | kobus magnolia |
| Spanish | yulania kobus |
| Spanish | talauma obovata |
| Spanish | magnolia thurberi |
| Spanish | magnolia pseudokobus |
| Spanish | magnolia borealis |
| Spanish | buergeria obovata |
| Spanish | michelia gracilis |
| Arabic | مغنولية كوبوس |
| Azerbaijani | kobus maqnoliyası |
| Czech | magnólie japonská |
| Czech | šácholan japonský |
| German | baummagnolie |
| German | kobushi-magnolie |
| Estonian | hondo magnoolia |
| Finnish | japaninmagnolia |
| Hungarian | fehér liliomfa |
| Hungarian | japán liliomfa |
| Armenian | մագնոլիա կոբուս |
| Japanese | コブシ |
| Japanese | 辛夷 |
| Japanese | 拳 |
| Japanese | シンイ |
| Japanese | キタコブシ |
| Korean | 목련 |
| koi | Кобуши магнолия |
| Norwegian Bokmål | snømagnolia |
| Russian | Магнолия кобус |
| Russian | Магнолия кобуси |
| Russian | Магнолия Кобуси |
| Slovenian | kobuši magnolija |
| Swedish | japansk magnolia |
| udm | Кобуши магнолия |
| Chinese | 日本辛夷 |
Germination/Propagation Top
Suggest a correction or add new data!| Expose seeds to natural outdoor winter conditions for 3 months, then gradually increase light and temperature in the spring. |
| Sow seeds immediately as their viability decreases rapidly, or they best germinate when fresh. If stored, seeds might need temperature cycling and patience to germinate. |
| remove pulpy coat with detergent washes; germination unlikely if dried by just 20%, store seeds @ 4°C |
Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top
Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
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Asia-temperate click to expand
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Eastern Asia
- Japan
- Korea
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Eastern Asia
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Northern America click to expand
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Eastern Canada
- Ontario
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Northeastern U.S.A.
- New York
- Pennsylvania
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Eastern Canada
Links to other databases Top
Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0000233225 |
| UNII | K1XWN9D74Y |
| Canadensys | 32638 |
| USDA Plants | MAKO |
| UConn | 275 |
| Tropicos | 19300152 |
| INPN | 107143 |
| Flora of Italy | 10277 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332100-2 |
| The Plant List | kew-117662 |
| Missouri Botanical Garden | 282534 |
| PFAF | Magnolia kobus |
| PaleoBotany | 6955 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 664531 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 54732 |
| IUCN Red List | 193954 |
| IPNI | 332100-2 |
| iNaturalist | 143787 |
| GBIF | 3153260 |
| Freebase | /m/02ph16r |
| EPPO | MAGKO |
| EOL | 1154977 |
| Elurikkus | 5620 |
| USDA GRIN | 23113 |
| Wikipedia | Magnolia_kobus |
| CMAUP | NPO1918 |
Genomes (via NCBI) Top
No reference genome is available on NCBI yet. We are constantly monitoring for new data.
Scientific Literature Top
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| Commodity risk assessment of Tilia cordata and Tilia platyphyllos plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 03-May-2024 |
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| Unleashing the promise of emerging nanomaterials as a sustainable platform to mitigate antimicrobial resistance | Rahman S, Sadaf S, Hoque ME, Mishra A, Mubarak NM, Malafaia G, Singh J | RSC Adv | 01-May-2024 |
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| Pest categorisation of Eulecanium giganteum | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Gonthier P, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Grégoire J, Malumphy C, Akrivou A, Kertesz V, Papachristos D, Sfyra O, MacLeod A | EFSA J | 03-Apr-2024 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Ligustrum ovalifolium and Ligustrum vulgare plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 07-Mar-2024 |
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| Pharmacological potential of micheliolide: A focus on anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities | Uddin J, Fatima M, Riaz A, Kamal GM, Muhsinah AB, Ahmed AR, Iftikhar R | Heliyon | 05-Mar-2024 |
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| Adjuvant Novel Nanocarrier-Based Targeted Therapy for Lung Cancer | Sarma K, Akther MH, Ahmad I, Afzal O, Altamimi AS, Alossaimi MA, Jaremko M, Emwas AH, Gautam P | Molecules | 29-Feb-2024 |
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| Bimetallic nanoparticle production using Cannabis sativa and Vitis vinifera waste extracts | Michailidu J, Miškovská A, Jarošová I, Čejková A, Mat’átková O | RSC Adv | 09-Feb-2024 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Corylus avellana plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Civera AV, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 12-Jan-2024 |
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| Fine-Root Distribution and Soil Physicochemical Property Variations in Four Contrasting Urban Land-Use Types in South Korea | Tran LT, An JY, Carayugan MB, Hernandez JO, Rahman SA, Youn WB, Carvalho JI, Jo MS, Han SH, Nguyen HH, Park BB | Plants (Basel) | 07-Jan-2024 |
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| Disruptive Effects of Two Curcuminoids (Demethoxycurcumin and Bisdemethoxycurcumin) on the Larval Development of Drosophila melanogaster | Jeon JH, Jeong SA, Park DS, Park HH, Shin SW, Oh HW | Insects | 18-Dec-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Quercus petraea plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 30-Oct-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Quercus robur plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 30-Oct-2023 |
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| Biological Synthesis of Copper Nanoparticles Using Edible Plant Allium monanthum: Characterization of Antibacterial, Antioxidant, and Anti-Inflammatory Properties Using In Silico Molecular Docking Analysis | Han HS, Jung JS, Jeong YI, Choi KC | Materials (Basel) | 12-Oct-2023 |
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| A comprehensive review on potential applications of metallic nanoparticles as antifungal therapies to combat human fungal diseases | Madkhali OA | Saudi Pharm J | 06-Aug-2023 |
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| Commodity risk assessment of Fagus sylvatica plants from the UK | Bragard C, Baptista P, Chatzivassiliou E, Di Serio F, Jaques Miret JA, Justesen AF, MacLeod A, Magnusson CS, Milonas P, Navas‐Cortes JA, Parnell S, Potting R, Reignault PL, Stefani E, Thulke H, Van der Werf W, Vicent Civera A, Yuen J, Zappalà L, Battisti A, Mas H, Rigling D, Faccoli M, Gardi C, Iacopetti G, Mikulová A, Mosbach‐Schulz O, Stergulc F, Streissl F, Gonthier P | EFSA J | 28-Jul-2023 |
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