Magnolia rimachii is a small to medium sized tree of the Magnoliaceae family commonly reaching 8 to 15 m high. It is found in the western lowland Amazon Basin

Amazon Basin

The Amazon Basin is the part of South America drained by the Amazon River and its tributaries that drains an area of about , or roughly 40 percent of South America. The basin is located in the countries of Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, and Venezuela...

tropical forest, in Ecuador and Peru, between 140–500 m (459.3–1,640.4 ft) in elevation.

Description

Magnolia rimachii has chartaceous elliptic leaves 12 – 26 cm long and 5 – 10 cm broad; flowers are fragrant and can have 6 or 7 obovate petals 2 - 4.5 cm long and 1 – 2 cm wide. The elliptic fruit can be ca. 3.5 cm long.