FOC | Family List | FOC Vol. 14 | Apiaceae | Rhododendron 444. *Rhododendron fulgens* J. D. Hooker, Rhododendr. Sikkim-Himalaya. 3: t. 25. 1851.
Shrubs, 1.5–4 m tall; young shoots and petioles glabrous. Petiole 10–25 mm; leaf blade leathery, oblong-ovate to obovate, 6–11 × 4.5–7 cm; base rounded or slightly cordate; apex rounded, apiculate; abaxial surface densely fulvous woolly, hairs fasciculate; adaxial surface glossy, glabrous. Inflorescence compactly racemose-umbellate, 8–14-flowered; rachis 10–20 mm. Pedicel ca. 1 cm, glabrous; calyx red, 1–2 mm, glabrous; corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, scarlet to blood-red, unspotted, 2–3.5 cm, with 5 dark red nectar pouches at base inside; lobes 5; stamens unequal, 1–2.2 cm, filaments white, or tinted pink at base, glabrous; ovary conical, 4–5 mm, glabrous; style slightly curved upwards, tinted pink, 1.5–1.7 cm, glabrous. Capsule narrowly elongate-cylindric, slightly curved, 5-valved, 10–30 × 4–8 mm. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Aug. *Rhododendron* thickets, mountains; 3700–4500 m. S Xizang [Bhutan, NE India, Nepal, Sikkim]. Tanay On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 7:32 PM, Balkar Arya <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear All > > Rhododendron fulgens > "Burans" > > -- > Dr Balkar Singh > Head, Deptt. of Botany and Biotechnology > Arya P G College, Panipat > Haryana-132103 > 09416262964 > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
