''Magnolia vrieseana'' is a tree species of the family

Magnoliaceae The Magnoliaceae () are a flowering plant family, the magnolia family, in the order Magnoliales. It consists of two genera: '' Magnolia'' and ''Liriodendron'' (tulip trees). Unlike most angiosperms, whose flower parts are in whorls (rings), ...

endemic to Indonesia, occurring in

Sulawesi Sulawesi ( ), also known as Celebes ( ), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the List of islands by area, world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Min ...

and Maluku. ''Magnolia vrieseana'' are large, evergreen trees with spiral leaves and long terminal stipules that leave circular scars when falling off. The flowers are borne on short shoots in leaf axils and have cream or white petals. The timber of this plant is much sought after in

and often used to make carvings by the

Toraja The Torajan are an ethnic group indigenous people, indigenous to a mountainous region of South Sulawesi, Indonesia. Their population is approximately 1,100,000, of whom 450,000 live in the List of regencies and cities of Indonesia, regency of T ...

people. The species is known as "uru" in the area around

Lore Lindu National Park Lore Lindu National Park is a protected area of forest on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, in the province of Central Sulawesi. The List of national parks of Indonesia, Indonesian national park is 2,180 km2 covering both lowland and mont ...

in Central Sulawesi. In

Minahasa The Minahasans or Minahassa are an Austronesian people, Austronesian ethnic group native to North Sulawesi province of Indonesia, formerly known as North Celebes. The Minahasa people sometimes refer to themselves as Manado people. Although the M ...

the Indonesian name is "cempaka hutan kasar" which means "coarse-grained forest-cempaka" and alludes the natural occurrence of the species as opposed to the cultivated cempaka and its coarser-grained wood compared to "cempaka hutan halus" (= "fine-grained forest-cempaka", '' Magnolia tsiampacca''), another other common species with valuable timber in Sulawesi.

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vrieseana Paleotropical flora Flora of Sulawesi Flora of the Maluku Islands Trees of Sulawesi Trees of the Maluku Islands Taxa named by Jean Baptiste Louis Pierre Taxa named by Henri Ernest Baillon Taxa named by Friedrich Anton Wilhelm Miquel {{Magnoliales-stub