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The white rhododendron

Published: 2024-11-22 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/22, It belongs to the Yunjin rhododendron subgroup of the evergreen scaleless rhododendron formation. Evergreen shrubs to small trees. Young branches stout, green, initially glaucous. Leaves thickly leathery, clustered branch apex; oblong or oblong-elliptic, 17 cm long and 6 cm wide; apex obtusely rounded, apiculate; leaves green, abaxially light green. Flowering from April to June; terminal raceme corymbose, rachis ca. 3 cm long. Glands; 10 flowers, integrated globose, up to 20 cm in diameter; Corolla funnelform-campanulate, 6-Mel 8-lobed, 3 Mel 5 cm long, petal head subrounded with emarginate, hairy at the base of the tube

It belongs to the Yunjin rhododendron subgroup of the evergreen scaleless rhododendron formation. Evergreen shrubs to small trees. Young branches stout, green, initially glaucous. Leaves thickly leathery, clustered branch apex; oblong or oblong-elliptic, 17 cm long and 6 cm wide; apex obtusely rounded, apiculate; leaves green, abaxially light green. Flowering from April to June; terminal raceme corymbose, rachis ca. 3 cm. Glandular; 10 flowers, integrated globose, up to 20 cm in diameter; Corolla funnelform-campanulate, 6-color 8-lobed, 3-color 5 cm long, petal head subrounded with emarginate, base hairy in tube; flowers white, pink or rose, sometimes with light green or pink spots, with aroma; flower stalk and Corolla all have glands. Stamens 12 Mel 16, ovary 10 rooms, style and ovary densely glandular. Capsule oblong, 4 cm long, mature in September.

This species is found in shrubs on hillsides with elevations of 1000-3000 m in Sichuan, Yunnan and Guizhou. Large white rhododendron, also known as big white flower, white flower tree, is a traditional edible vegetable in the minority areas of Yunnan and Sichuan. After picking off the stamens, the flowers are picked up in boiling water and rinsed with clean water can be fried or used as soup. It can also be stored after drying and softened with water when eating. According to the determination, dried flowers contain 17 kinds of amino acids and have high nutritional value.

 
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