Current Position: Home >> Benxi Overview>> Wonders of Nature   The most precious wood flowers and plants Magnolia sieboldii, also called Tiannuhua or Xiaohuamulan, is a species of Magnoliaceae and belongs to deciduous dungarunga. In general, the height of stem varied from 3 to 6 meters with the longest one of 10 meters high. The branch presents with the color of light grey. The bud in puce extends about 1 centimeter long and grows with gentle hair and alternate leaf. The length of petiole is 1.5 to 6 centimeters. The leaf looks like in oval shape or long and round oval shape and is about 7 to 25 centimeters long and 6 to 10 centimeters wide. The stem is in the shape of circle or round wedge with short tip at the end, green surface, white back and short gentle hair. The diameter of flower reaches 8 to 10 centimeters with stalk of 4 to 5 centimeters long and light pink bud. The contours of 9 perianthes in white are oval or long and round oval with 4 to 5.5 centimeters long and 2 to 3 centimeters wide. Most stamens are in prunosus and in oval shape with anther blooming inward. The shape of conocarpium in red is oval with 4 to 6 centimeters long, 2 centimeters wide and tip at the end. The seed is in yellow and in circle shape with diameter of 6 millimeters. Flowering will last 6 months and bearing fruit will be 9 to 10 months. The flower prefers to grow in secondary broad-leaved forest, gloomy slope or wet area in the valley. It is famous for the beautiful color, great values for medical use and 0.2% perfume oil contained in the leaf. Benxi Municipal Government has named magnolia sieboldii as the city flower owing to its high ornamental and economic value.