Rhododendron sinofalconeri Balf.F.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 3–10 m tall; branchlets stout, 8–12 mm, grayish tomentose when young, glabrescent. Petiole terete, 15–25 mm, sparsely tomentose; leaf blade thick, leathery, oblong-elliptic, broadest above middle of blade, 17–32 × 11–16 cm; base wide, cuneate or rounded; apex obtuse; abaxial surface with soft and spongy, 2-layered indumentum, pale cinnamon, upper layer of broad cup-shaped fimbriate hairs, lower layer thin, compacted; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially, flat adaxially; lateral veins 16–19-paired, prominent abaxially. Inflorescence 15–20-flowered; rachis ca. 35 mm, tomentose. Pedicel 2–3 cm, with similar hairs; calyx teeth 6–8, 1–2 mm, tomentose; corolla obliquely campanulate, pale yellow, 3.5–5 cm, lobes 8, suborbicular, ca. 1 × 1.5 cm; stamens 16, 1–3 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary terete, 8–10 mm, densely fulvous woolly-tomentose; style ca. 2.5 cm, glabrous. Capsule 30–40 mm, tomentose. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) 4.0 - 8.0
Mature height (meter) 3.5 - 9.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
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OctNovDec
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Fruiting months
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OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
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Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 2-4
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 9-11

Usage

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

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings, graftings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings graftings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
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Germination treatment -
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Optimum temperature (C°) -
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Images

Rhododendron sinofalconeri unspecified picture

Distribution

Rhododendron sinofalconeri world distribution map, present in China and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333362-1
WFO ID wfo-0001048777
COL ID 4SGVG
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
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Synonyms

Rhododendron sinofalconeri