Michelia baillonii (Pierre) Finet & Gagnepain in Mem. Soc. Bot. France 1(4): 46. 1905. Magnolia baillonii Pierre, Fl. For. Cochinch. 1: t. 2. 1879. Talauma phellocarpa King in Ann. R. Bot. Gard. Calc. 3: 205, t. 47. 1891. Paramichelia baillonii (Pierre) Hu in Sunyatsenia 4: 144. 1940.

Large trees, up to 25 m tall; branches rusty pilose. Leaves lanceolate to oblong-elliptic, cuneate at base, acute to acuminate at apex, 15 - 20 x 5 - 7 cm, membranous, glabrous above, minutely pubescent on midrib beneath; petioles up to 3 cm long. Flower-buds ellipsoid, ca 2.5 x 0.5 cm; pedicels up to 1.5 cm long; bracts deltoid, spathaceous, 2 - 2.5 cm long. Perianth parts 15 - 18, white, outer few narrowly lanceolate, ca 2.2 x 0.5 cm. Stamens 7 - 8 mm long; connective produced above, apiculate. Carpels ca 30, densely covered with greyish hairs; stalk up to 5 - 6 mm long. Fruiting carpels subcylindric, up to 10 cm long; seeds bright red.

Fl. & Fr. May - Nov.

Distrib. India: Assam.

Myanmar, S.W. China and Indo-china.