Rhododendron tutcherae Hemsl. & E.H.Wilson

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Trees, up to 15 m tall; branches slender, sparsely setose and pubescent when young, shortly setose or glabrescent when mature. Petiole stout, ca. 10 mm, sparsely setose; leaf blade thickly leathery, narrowly oblanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 8–13 × 1.8–3 cm; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; margin slightly revolute; apex shortly caudate-acuminate; abaxial surface entirely glabrous or sparsely short-setose; midrib and lateral veins impressed above, prominent below. Inflorescence subapical, 1–3-flowered, rachis ca. 4 mm, puberulent. Pedicel 1.5–2 cm, sparsely reddish setose or glabrous; calyx shallowly lobed, small; corolla narrowly funnelform, cherry-red, 3–4.5 cm, tube subcylindrical, ca. 10 mm; lobes spreading, elliptic, ca. 2.5 cm, apex obtuse or rounded; stamens 10, unequal, slightly shorter than corolla, filaments puberulent below; ovary cylindric, truncate at apex ca. 9 mm, glabrous or upper part coarsely appressed-puberulent; style glabrous. Capsule cylindric, apex truncate, 30–40 × 5–6 mm. Fl. Mar–Apr, fr. Sep–Nov.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 15.0
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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 tutcherae world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333524-1
WFO ID wfo-0001219292
COL ID 4SH39
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Synonyms

Rhododendron tutcherae Rhododendron tutcherae var. tutcherae