Rhododendron tanastylum Balf.F. & Kingdon-ward

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Small trees or shrubs, 2–6 m tall; older shoots glabrous; young shoots glabrescent. Petiole stout, terete, 10–15 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, sometimes thinly so, ovate-lanceolate to elliptic, 6–17 × 2.5–5.5 cm; base rounded or broadly cuneate; margin not undulate; apex acuminate or obtuse; both surfaces glabrous; abaxial surface paler; adaxial surface matt at maturity; midrib raised; lateral veins 17–20-paired. Inflorescence racemose-umbellate, 4–8-flowered; rachis 10–20 mm, glabrous. Pedicel ca. 1 cm; calyx cupular, lobes 5, 1–3 mm, ovate or triangular, glabrous; corolla tubular campanulate, fleshy, white or pink to deep crimson, with darker spots, 4–4.5 cm, 5 black nectar pouches at base; lobes 5, orbicular, 2–2.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 2–3.5 cm, filaments glabrous or puberulent at base; ovary conical, 5–8 × ca. 3 mm, glabrous or slightly pubescent; style stout, 3–3.5 cm, glabrous, stigma discoid. Capsule oblong, blunt, ca. 17 × 7 mm, glabrous. Fl. Mar–May, fr. Sep–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 2.0 - 6.0
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-12

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Cultivation

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

Rhododendron tanastylum world distribution map, present in China, India, Myanmar, and Viet Nam

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333449-1
WFO ID wfo-0001229427
COL ID 4SGYM
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Synonyms

Rhododendron ombrochares Rhododendron tanastylum Rhododendron tanastylum var. tanastylum