Volatile components and their contents in fresh Michelia martinii Levl. (MML) leaves in spring, summer, autumn and winter were analyzed by gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC-MS). We identified 65 volatile compounds from the fresh leaf samples of MML in spring, summer, autumn and winter (peak values below 0.49 were neglected), which belonged to 26, 29, 31 and 32 components, respectively. In the fresh MML leaves, there were 14 common components, including tricyclene, α-pinene, camphene, sabinene, β-pinene, β-myrcene, α-phellandrene, d-l...