Why is the smiling flower called smiling?

The smiling flower is also known as: smiling beauty, smiling plum, smiling plum, mountain knot, white orchid, Tangyang heart tree, banana flower. The last alias comes from its rich and thick fragrance, which is slightly ripe. Banana shrub in English is also literally translated as banana shrub, but in fact, the smiling flower plant and the banana tree are very different in plant classification.

Michel flowers belong to the genus Michelia of the Magnoliaceae family;

The branchlets are covered with brown hairs. It blooms in early summer, with an ivory-yellow color, dyed red and purple. It often blooms unsatisfactorily, like a smile, and has a banana smell.

Evergreen shrubs or small trees, which are more suitable for slightly acidic soil with a pH value of 5.0 to 5.5. The plant is about 1 to 2 meters tall, and the stems have tiny wart-like projections. Slightly rough, with grey-brown bark, fine yellow-brown hairs on the flower buds, young branches and on the midribs of the leaf backs; the leathery, smooth, alternate-margin leaves are elliptical or oval; the upright flowers are single. It is born in the leaf axils and blooms from March to May. The flower diameter is about 2 to 3 cm. There are usually six milky white or light yellow petals. The petals are often slightly open and half-open, and often droop slightly, appearing like a "beautiful woman smiling". In Sichuan and neighboring provinces on the mainland, it is called "Smiling Plum" because its buds resemble plum blossoms.