Fruit of magnolia the Japanese cucumber tree or Whitebark magno

The Magnolia obovata or Magnolia hypoleuca is found in China and Japan. The flowers are hermaphrodite. It is deciduous and its fruit, an elongated, purple-red compound cone like receptacle 12 - 17 cm large, is filled with orange seeds. Studies of the biochemistry of the fruit have discovered that it is a source of three new phenylethanoid glycosides named magnoloside F (4), magnoloside G (5), and magnoloside H (6) and Neolignans from the fruits inhibit Nitric Oxide production. It has the potential as future treatments for a variety of illnesses.