每逢春季三四月份，一种树上，满树满枝盛开着白色、粉红色、紫红色的花朵，如白鸽飞舞，似雪鸡引项欲鸣，这就是藏在川西秘境里、遗世而绝美的康定木兰。因是落叶乔木，开花时只有花未有叶，又被称作“光叶木兰”。

Every spring in March and April, a tree full of white, pink and fuchsia flowers blooms in the secret realm of western Sichuan. This is the beautiful Kangding magnolia dawsoniana, also known as bare-leaved magnolia for it is a deciduous tree that has only flowers but no leaves when it blooms.

有意思的是，康定木兰并不生长在康定，而是在泸定海螺沟。1867年，由英国商人库铂和法国传教士瑟芦苇路首次发现并命名。

Interestingly, Kangding magnolia dawsoniana does not grow in Kangding, but in Hailuogou, Luding, first discovered and named in 1867 by the British merchant T.T.Cooper and the French missionary J.M.Theruveru.

世界上最大的康定木兰，生长在泸定县燕子沟镇跃进坪村的一处山坡，树高17.5米，胸径2米，平均冠幅22米，树龄452岁，被称为“康定木兰王”。

The world's largest Kangding magnolia dawsoniana, growing on a hillside in Yuejinping Village, Yanzigou Township, Luding County, Sichuan Province, is 17.5 meters tall, with a diameter at breast height of 2 meters, an average crown width of 22 meters. It is 452 years old, known as the "King of Kangding Magnolia".