Rhododendron coelicum Balf.F. & Farrer

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small shrubs; branches usually ca. 5.5 mm in diam. below inflorescence. Petiole stout, 10–14 mm, shortly glandular-hairy; leaf blade leathery, obovate, 6–8.5 × 2.8–4.4 cm; base rounded; margin revolute; apex rounded, apiculate ca. 2 mm; abaxial surface thickly rufous tomentose, hairs dendroid; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib grooved adaxially, lateral veins 13–15-paired, impressed or obscure. Inflorescence umbellate, 10–12 (–15)-flowered; rachis short, ca. 7 mm, tomentose. Pedicel ca. 1.1 cm, sparsely shortly glandular-hairy, often also with the remnants of juvenile tomentum; calyx cupular, fleshy; lobes 5, 3(–7) mm, rounded, glabrous; corolla tubular-campanulate, crimson, 3.5–4.5 cm, with 5 deep crimson nectar pouches at base; lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.1 × 1.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, 1.7–2.9 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary conoid, with truncate apex, ca. 6.5 × 3 mm, glandular-hairy and tomentose; style ca. 2.8 cm, glabrous; stigma small. Capsule not known.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) -
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color -
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Rhododendron coelicum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332213-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229613
COL ID 4SFNW
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN)
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron coelicum