 Grows in low montane wet forests, between 1’800 and 2’600 meters.This species has also been recorded on the north of Risalda department on the Western Andes in the PNN (Natural National Park) Tatamá.This species, like many other Magnolias, have been used since a long time for furniture making, as roundwood (utility poles, wooden sticks and pillars) and as sawtimber (wood boards and scantlings).