Rhododendron protistum Balf.F. & Forrest

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Trees, 5–10 m tall; shoots stout, ca. 1 cm in diam., yellow-gray-tomentose. Petiole stout, terete, 25–40 mm, glabrous; leaf blade thickly leathery, oblong-lanceolate to oblong-oblanceolate, 12–45 × 5–20 cm; base cuneate; apex obtuse, mucronate; abaxial surface appressed pale brown tomentose, sometimes restricted to a marginal band at maturity; adaxial surface glabrous, sometimes with vestiges of hairs; midrib stout, conspicuously elevated abaxially. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 20–30-flowered; rachis ca. 60 mm. Pedicel stout, 1.5–2 cm, densely tawny-tomentose; calyx lobes 8, 2–3 mm, unequal, triangular, tomentose; corolla funnelform-campanulate, creamy-white, rose or deep purple-red, with dark basal blotch, 5–8 cm, nectar pouches present; lobes 8; stamens 16, unequal, filaments glabrous; ovary 9–11 mm, densely tawny fasciculate-tomentose; style ca. 4 cm, glabrous; stigma large and discoid-lobulate. Capsule cylindric, ca. 40 × 12 mm, tomentose. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Aug–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 5.0 - 10.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-9

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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 protistum world distribution map, present in China and Myanmar

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333149-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048799
COL ID 4SGN3
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Synonyms

Rhododendron protistum Rhododendron giganteum var. seminudum Rhododendron protistum var. protistum

Lower taxons

Rhododendron protistum var. giganteum