Magnolia coco

Magnolia coco, the coconut magnolia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Magnoliaceae, native to southern China, Taiwan, and northern Vietnam.^[1] A small tree from 7–13 ft (2–4 m) in the garden, it is hardy to zone 9, and can also be kept as a houseplant.^[2] It is incorrectly called Magnolia pumila in some sources.^[2] In Cambodia, it is called yi hoob flower [ផ្កាយីហ៊ុប].

Magnolia coco
At the Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Magnoliids
Order:	Magnoliales
Family:	Magnoliaceae
Genus:	Magnolia
Species:	M. coco
Binomial name
Magnolia coco (Lour.) DC.
Synonyms[1]
Lirianthe coco (Lour.) N.H.Xia & C.Y.Wu Liriodendron coco Lour. Liriopsis pumila Spach ex Baill. Talauma coco (Lour.) Merr.