Rhododendron callimorphum Balf.F. & W.W.Sm.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs, ca. 3 m tall; older shoots grayish white, bark flaking; young shoots with short glandular hairs, smooth later. Petiole terete, 10–25 mm, sparsely glandular; leaf blade leathery to thickly leathery, broadly ovate or suborbicular, 4–7 × 3–4 cm; base truncate or subcordate; apex rounded, apiculate; abaxial surface greenish, glabrous; adaxial surface dark green, glabrous; midrib raised abaxially, impressed adaxially; lateral veins 9–14-paired, inconspicuous on both surfaces. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 5–7-flowered; rachis 2–5 mm, glandular. Pedicel 1–2.5 cm, densely glandular; calyx lobes 5, 1–3 mm, ovate or triangular, margin glandular; corolla funnelform-campanulate, white or pink, 3–4 cm, lobes 5, suborbicular, 1–1.5 × 1.5–2 cm, apex emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1.5–2.5 cm; filaments slender, glabrous; anthers ovate, ca. 2 mm; ovary cylindric, 5-lobed at maturity, 10–15 mm, glands persistent; style 1.5–2 cm. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.0
Root system -
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Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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AprMayJun
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

Uses environmental use
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Rhododendron callimorphum unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron callimorphum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332086-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048677
COL ID 4SFK7
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron callimorphum Rhododendron cyclium Rhododendron callimorphum var. callimorphum

Lower taxons

Rhododendron callimorphum var. myiagrum