Goose palms

Magnolia goose palm plant. Also known as masmar. There are only 2 species in this genus, in addition to this species, there are North American goose palms. Deciduous trees. Up to 40 meters, chest diameter up to 1 meter above. Bark split, gray. Small branches gray and gray-brown, leaves hairless. The leaves are 4 to 18 cm long or larger. Each side usually has 1 piece, shaped like a goose's paw or horse's name. The flowers are pale yellow and green. The polymerized wing fruit is 7 to 9 cm long. Distributed in the south of the Huaihe River in China, north of Nanling, east of the transverse mountains, west of the East China Sea, the central and north subtropical mountains below 900 to 1700 meters above sea level, in the humid valley scattered distribution. Often mixed with wood, yellow mountain pine, cone chestnuts, lack of maple incense and so on, occasionally see small pieces of pure forest. Goose palms are a species of magpie tree, warm and moist and fertile soil. Fast growth is a promising afforestation tree species in China. Seeds can be used to reproduce, or they can be planted or grafted to reproduce. Natural forests can be updated with germination. The main pests are large bags,silkworms and coy leaves, etc. Wood light red-brown, soft moderate, texture clear, detailed structure, light and strong, moderate hardness, is the ideal raw material for plywood, but also furniture, sewing machine board, radio shell and interior decoration of good materials, but weak corrosion resistance.

north American goose palms up to 60 meters, chest diameter of about 3.5 meters. Twigs. Brown or purple-brown, leaves on both sides 1 to 3 cracked, the flowers are larger. The first tip of the fruit fin is naturally distributed in the southeastern United States. China also has introduction cultivation.