borealis being a tree to 25 m (75 ft) high, with leaves to 15 cm (6 in) long, and var.

Magnolia kobus blooms in the early spring, bearing pleasantly fragrant white flowers with hints of pale pink about 10 cm (4 in) in diameter.

The fruit of the kobus magnolia grows in groups of small red seeds.

Older bark, such as that of the trunk, is grey-brown, while new stems are green with small brown spots.

Several news outlets reported that in November 1982,[6] seeds estimated to be 2,000 years old was found by a Hiroshi Utsunomiya of Yamaguchi University in a pit in the ancient Bronze Age village of Asada.