Magnolia boliviana

Magnolia boliviana
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Subgenus:	Magnolia
Section:	Talauma
Species:	M. boliviana
Binomial name
Magnolia boliviana (M. Nee) Govaerts

Magnolia boliviana is a tree in the Magnoliaceae family native to the rainforests of the eastern Andean foothills from central Bolivia between 200 - 500 m.a.s.l. It can reach a height of 30 meters and the trunk can be 50 - 75 cm of diameter. The smooth ovate-elliptic leaves are 12 - 29 cm long and 7.5 - 12 cm wide. Flowers have 6 obovate white petals ca. 6 cm long; the ovoid fruit can be 11 - 14 cm long. A common name for this tree in Bolivia is "granadilla".

This species has been reported in National Parks and other protected areas within its range, such as Amboro National Park and Isiboro Secure National Park in Bolivia.

Sources

• Ibisch, P.L. & Vargas, I. 1998. Magnolia boliviana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 22 August 2007.
• Nee, M. A New Species of Talauma (Magnoliaceae) from Bolivia. In: Brittonia, 46(4), 1994, pp. 265-269.
• Isiboro Secure National Park (Bolivia)