Milan is an evergreen shrub belonging to Meliaceae and Michelia. The main varieties are Milan with big leaves and Milan with small leaves. Milan flowers once a year from June to July. Milan with lobules is always in full bloom, and the fragrance keeps coming. Milan has a beautiful crown, dense foliage and lush green leaves. From summer solstice to autumn, beige flowers are fragrant and refreshing. People praised Milan for its "rich aroma, who can match it, welcoming distant guests to make fragrant tea".

Little Milan can extract the essence, so it is both an ornamental plant and an aromatic plant. Essential oil is the raw material for making perfume. Milan's flowers can be made into tea again. Tea smells good and flowers can be eaten directly.

Milan's flowers, branches and leaves can be used as medicine. The anther, named Mizailan, has the functions of promoting qi circulation to relieve depression, expelling wind to relieve exterior syndrome, cooling stomach, sobering up and quenching thirst. Milan's branches and leaves have the functions of promoting blood circulation, resolving phlegm, reducing swelling and relieving pain.