Michelia figo

Botanic Name Recordings

含笑花

Banana shrub

Plant Type

Native/Exotic

Usual Habitats

Shrub

Exotic

Urban Park and Garden (including Housing Estates and Institutional)

Evergreen/Deciduous/

Semi Deciduous

Evergreen

Design Function

Fragrant, Hedge, Screen

Foliage Colour (other than or in addition to green)

Foliage Colour (other than green) Time of Year

Fruit Colour

Inconspicuous

Fruit Time of Year

White

Flower Colour

Flower Time of Year

c. MARCH, d. APRIL, e. MAY

Landscape Application Examples

20220312_Private garden, Kowloon Tong_Averrhoa carambola (starfruit), Ficus pumila, Hibiscus rosa-sinensis, Michelia figo, Strelitzia reginae, Camellia japonica, Podocarpus macrophyllus

20210307_Mui Wo_Michelia figo

20200303_Third Street_Michelia figo, Dwarf wall planting

20220306_Wang Tong, Mui Wo_Aglaia odorata, Murraya paniculata, Michelia figo

20210307_Mui Wo_Camellia japonica, Juniperus chinensis, Michelia figo

Michelia figo

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