{{Short description|Species of tree}} {{Speciesbox | image = | image_alt = | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/193900/2290093|title=IUCN Redlist|lang=en}}</ref> | genus = Magnolia | display_parents = 3 | parent = Magnolia subsect. Talauma | species = amazonica | authority = (Ducke) Govaerts. | synonyms = ''Talauma amazonica'' <small>Ducke</small> }}

'''''Magnolia amazonica''''' is a flowering evergreen tree of the family Magnoliaceae native to the lower western Amazon River Basin, including Peru and Brazil.

==Description== ''Magnolia amazonica'' grows up to {{convert|20|m|ft}} high, in terra firma tropical lowland forests. Leaves are elliptic, 11 - 28.5&nbsp;cm long and 4.2 - 10.5&nbsp;cm broad. The creamy white fragrant flowers reportedly open at night, petals can be 6 – 7&nbsp;cm long.<ref>Ducke, A. Talauma amazonica. In: Archivos do Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro 4: 11. 1925.</ref><ref>Lozano-Contreras, G. Dugandiodendron y Talauma (Magnoliaceae) en el Neotrópico. Pp: 83, 85, 86. Academia Colombiana de Ciencias Exactas. Bogotá 1994</ref>

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amazonica Magnolia amazonica Category:Trees of Peru Category:Flora of Brazil Category:Trees of the Amazon rainforest Category:Plants described in 1925

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