Rhododendron decorum

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassMagnoliopsida
4. OrderEricales
5. FamilyEricaceae

Native toChina South-Central, Laos, Myanmar, Tibet, Vietnam

Shrubs or small trees, 1-6 m tall; young shoots greenish, glabrous. Petiole 12-40 mm, glabrous; leaf blade thickly leathery, oblong, oblong-ovate or oblong-elliptic, 5-19 (-30) cm long, 3-11 cm wide; base cordate or cuneate to nearly rounded; apex obtuse, rounded, apiculate; both surfaces glabrous when mature; abaxial surface pale green; adaxial surface deep green, midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 18-paired. Inflorescence 8-10-flowered; rachis 20-25 mm, sparsely glandular. Pedicel stout, 2.5-4 cm, glandular-hairy; calyx lobes 5, 1.5-2.5 mm, glandular-hairy; corolla funnel-campanulate, fragrant, white to pale pink, 3-10 cm long, 5-9 cm wide, outer surface sparsely glandular, inner surface puberulent at base; lobes 6-8, suborbicular, ca. 2 × 2.4 cm, emarginate or entire; stamens 13-16, unequal, 2-3 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary cylindric, ca. 6 mm, densely glandular-hairy; style 3.4-4 cm, with similar glands to tip; stigma 2-5 (-6.5) mm in diameter. Capsule oblong, usually slightly curved, 25-40 mm long, 10–15 mm wide.

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Specimen records

377

With media

151

Family

Ericaceae

Collections

CAS, BRIT, A

Recorded in

China

Wikidata facts

Instance of

epiphyte

Parent taxon

Rhododendron

Image

Rhododendron decorum subsp. disprepes - Kunming Botanical Garden - DSC02825.JPG

Has use

food

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