Rhododendron vernicosum Franch.

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Rhododendron

Characteristics

Shrubs or small trees, 1–5(–8) m tall; young shoots sparsely glandular, glabrescent. Petiole cylindric, 15–35 mm, glabrous; leaf blade leathery, oblong-ovate to oblong-elliptic, 5–12.5 × 2.3–4.8 cm; base rounded; apex obtuse or rounded; abaxial surface pale gray-green, with minute punctulate hairs; adaxial surface dark green, slightly wax-covered, glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 14–16-paired. Inflorescence 6–10-flowered; rachis ca. 10 mm, sparsely glandular and puberulent. Pedicel 2–3 cm, glandular-hairy; calyx fleshy; lobes 7 or 8, ca. 1.6 mm, densely glandular-hairy, margin gland-fringed; corolla widely funnel-campanulate, somewhat fragrant, pale pink to white, 3.5–5 cm, glabrous; lobes (5–)7, suborbicular, ca. 1.8 × 2 cm; apex emarginate; stamens (11–)14, unequal, 2–3 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary conoid, ca. 5 mm, densely red-glandular; style ca. 2.6 cm, red glandular-hairy to tip. Capsule cylindric, oblique, slightly curved, 30–40 mm Fl. Apr–Jun, fr. Aug–Oct.
Life form perennial
Growth form tree
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 1.0 - 5.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway c3

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 3-5
Soil texture -
Soil acidity 1-5
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-9

Usage

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

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 50 - 90
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 15
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -18
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

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Distribution

Rhododendron vernicosum world distribution map, present in China

Conservation status

Rhododendron vernicosum threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333551-1
WFO ID wfo-0001220768
COL ID 4SH43
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Rhododendron araliiforme Rhododendron euanthum Rhododendron rhantum Rhododendron adoxum Rhododendron sheltoniae Rhododendron vernicosum Rhododendron hexamerum