Confusing tree color

[Hallie]

Hello!
My grandmother recently passed and I have inherited care of her garden. There is one tree that I cannot identify and is suffering from, I suspect, a micronutrient deficiency. Almost all of the tree's leaves are thin and chlorotic. The tree is maybe ten feet tall and is very shrubby. I have attached a photo of the flower which I think is blooming at the axillary bud. Thank you for your input!

Best, sc.

 

[roadrunner]

It looks like a type of citrus tree. Are the flowers very fragrant? Need a pic taken from a little further away.

 

[Hallie]

I thought about citrus, but the petals all are bent inwards as opposed to back like most all citrus flowers.

 

[roadrunner]

Are they fragrant? It would also be helpful if you get some pics from further away, to include the stems/bark...

 

[Hallie]

Yeah, they are a bit fragrant! Pictures attached

 

[roadrunner]

I don't know, but it's kind of looking more like a shrub now, than a tree. I'm now thinking it's some kind of fruit that grows on that, but I don't know, hope someone else chimes in. I notice you have some Spanish moss on one of the limbs. I'm guessing you live somewhere in the SE.

 

[Larisa]

Hi, @Hallie !
It's like a Magnolia figo. One of the species. I think I saw such a plant with pink flowers too. In any case, very similar.

 

[roadrunner]

Hi, @Hallie !
It's like a Magnolia figo. One of the species. I think I saw such a plant with pink flowers too. In any case, very similar.

Damn, I got that way wrong, not even a fruit tree

But somehow I knew Larisa would save me...she just wanted to let me flail a little before stepping in

 

[Hallie]

Oh, thats totally it!! Wonderful, thank you! Wow, then there is definitely something wrong with the ground right there.

Thanks a bunch, y'all!!

 

[Larisa]

Damn, I got that way wrong, not even a fruit tree

But somehow I knew Larisa would save me...she just wanted to let me flail a little before stepping in

@roadrunner You are just very practical. If the tree grows, it must bear fruit. This is the right approach! (By the way, the leaves are actually similar to citrus).

 

[Marck]

I concur with Larisa. This is a Port-wine Magnolia or Banana Magnolia (Magnolia figo). Older sources will call it Michelia figo. It is native to eastern China. Also I just read that there was once a population Jeju Island off the coast of Korea, but the plant is now extirpated there.