Danxing magnolia is a sort of large arbor, and can attain the height of up to about 18 meters. It usually grows in forests in limestone mountainous regions 300-500 meters above sea level. Danxing magnolia has grey barks, and elliptic or obovate keratinous leaves without fluffs on either side. It's dioecious, and the male flower is obovate-shaped, with white and straw yellow tepals. Its fruit is subsphaeroidal.