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Rhododendron simsii
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Family:
ERICACEAE
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Citation: Rhododendron simsii Planch., Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 9: 78. 1853-1854.
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-5 m tall; branches many and fine, densely shiny brown appressed-setose, setae flat. Leaf blade ovate, elliptic-ovate or obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5-5 × 0.5-3 cm; base cuneate or broadly cuneate; margin slightly revolute, finely toothed; apex shortly acuminate; petiole 2-6 mm. Inflorescence 2-3(-6)-flowered; pedicel ca. 0.8 cm, densely shiny brown appressed-setose. Calyx deeply lobed; lobes triangular-long-ovate, ca. 5 mm, coarsely appressed-hairy, margin ciliate. Corolla broadly funnelform, rose, bright to dark red, or to rose-pink, with dark red flecks on upper lobes, 3.5-4 × 1.5-2 cm, lobes obovate, 2.5-3 cm. Stamens 10, ca. as long as corolla, filaments pubescent below. Ovary ovoid, 10-locular, densely shiny brown-strigose; style exserted, glabrous. Capsule ovoid, up to 10 mm, densely strigose, calyx persistent.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of East Asia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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