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Lattakia, SANA- The white Magnolia with its odorous smell and fascinating appearance is one of the wonderful flowers in the Syrian coast that enchants viewers.
Syrian expatriates had brought the flower with them from abroad and started to plant it in the coastal area in late seventies of the last century, according to Botanist Ali Saleh.
The large, showy, lemon citronella-scented flowers are white and fragrant, with six to 12 petals with a waxy texture, emerging from the tips of twigs on mature trees in late spring.
Generally speaking the magnolia blossoms in Spring and the flowering stay till the end of Autumn.
Saleh adds that the Magnolia spreads on wide areas in the farms and parks in Lattakia and Tartous where the climate is suitable for it, indicating that the original home of the flower is in the northeast of Asia.
The Magnolia tree is a medium to large in size which may grow 36.5 m tall. It typically has a single stem (or trunk) and a pyramidal shape. The leaves are simple and broadly ovate with smooth margins. They are dark green, stiff and leathery, and often scurfy underneath with yellow-brown pubescence.
The flower was named after the well-known French Botanist Pierre Magnol who discovered it, and one of the most famous fragrances is made of its oil which is called Jadore.
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