Rhododendron montroseanum Davidian

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Trees 12–15 m tall; shoots stout, ca. 12 mm in diam., thinly gray-tomentose. Petiole stout, 20–40 mm, silvery-gray arachnoid-tomentose or glabrescent; leaf blade thickly leathery, oblanceolate to oblong, 20–30 × 5.5–10 cm; base rounded or broadly cuneate; apex rounded and mucronate; abaxial surface indumentum silvery-white, thin, compacted; adaxial surface glabrous; midrib and lateral veins prominent abaxially. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 15–20-flowered; rachis ca. 30 mm, floccose. Pedicel 3–5 cm, densely tawny-tomentose; calyx teeth 8, ca. 1 mm, minute, tomentose; corolla ventricose-campanulate, pink with crimson blotch at base, ca. 5 cm, lobes 8, emarginate; stamens 16, unequal, filaments glabrous; ovary 8–9 mm, densely rufous-tomentose; style slightly shorter than corolla, but longer than stamens, glabrous; stigma discoid.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 12.0 - 15.0
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 4-6
Soil humidity -
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Soil acidity 2-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or graftings.
Mode cuttings graftings
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Distribution

Rhododendron montroseanum world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332909-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229354
COL ID 6X6DD
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron montroseanum