Rhododendron fulvum

Rhododendron fulvum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
Species: R. fulvum
Binomial name
Rhododendron fulvum
Balf. f. & W.W. Sm.

Rhododendron fulvum (镰果杜鹃) is a rhododendron species native to northern Myanmar, and southwest Sichuan, southeast Xizang, and western Yunnan in China, where it grows at altitudes of 2700–4400 meters. It is a shrub or small tree that grows to 2–8 m in height, with leathery leaves that are oblanceolate to oblong-lanceolate or obovate, 8–20 by 3–7.5 cm in size. Flowers are white to pink, with crimson basal blotch and sometimes red spots.

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