Rhododendron latoucheae Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 2–7 m tall; shoots stout. Petioles to 15 mm, glabrous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic-lanceolate oblanceolate or ovate-elliptic, 5–11(–13) × 1.4–5.5 cm; base cuneate to broadly cuneate; margin slightly revolute; apex acuminate; both surfaces glabrous; midrib impressed adaxially, obsolete abaxially; lateral veins net-veined, slightly prominent on both surfaces. Inflorescence subapical, 1(–2)-flowered. Pedicel stout, 2–3 cm, glabrous; calyx lobes obscure or fine and triangular, rarely linear, then to 10 mm, margin and apex finely ciliate; corolla funnelform, pink to white, 3.5–4.8 cm, lobes long-ovate, glabrous, emarginate; stamens 10, included in tube or partly exserted, filaments flat, puberulent below middle; ovary cylindric, truncate below insertion of style, 3.5–8 × 0.2–0.4 mm, dark brown, glabrous; style 4–8 cm, exserted, glabrous. Capsules cylindric, ca. 40 × 4 mm; style deciduous. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Sep–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 7.0
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Root diameter (meter) 0.3
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses medicinal
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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Images

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Distribution

Rhododendron latoucheae world distribution map, present in China, Japan, and Papua New Guinea

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332730-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229749
COL ID 6X6DQ
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron amamiense Rhododendron tanakae Rhododendron wilsoniae Rhododendron leiopodum Rhododendron leptosanthum Rhododendron latoucheae Rhododendron leptanthum Rhododendron wilsoniae var. ionanthum Rhododendron latoucheae var. latoucheae Rhododendron latoucheae var. ionanthum Rhododendron ellipticum var. leptosanthum Rhododendron latoucheae var. amamiense