Michelia figo
banana shrub
Southeastern China
A single tree remaining of a row planted at the southwest corner of the old Career Development Center (Barnum Center) was removed May 2005 during remodelling of the building. There are no other known campus locations.
Name derivation: Michelia – Pietro Mecheli (1670–1737), Florentine botanist noted for work on fungi.
About this Entry: John Rawlings authored the text ca. 2006. Minor edits (Jul 2024, SP).
