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Rhododendron arboreum from Fyson [5]. Rhododendron arboreum subsp. cinnamomeum has leaves with cinnamon-brown hairs beneath; Flower of Rhododendron arboreum from Yumthang Valley in North Sikkim, India Rhododendron arboreum subsp. zeylanicum rare ssp from the highlands of Sri Lanka, named after Zeilan, the name used by Arabian traders to refer to Sri Lanka
Rhododendron arboreum (lali guransh) is the national flower of Nepal. R. ponticum is the state flower of Indian-administered Kashmir and Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. Rhododendron niveum is the state tree of Sikkim in India. Rhododendron arboreum is also the state tree of the state of Uttarakhand, India.
Hymenanthes, with approximately 225 species, and subgenus Rhododendron, with approx. 400 species, comprise what gardeners typically describe as "Rhododendrons." Two subgenera are generally known to gardeners as "Azaleas", and include many fewer true species: Pentanthera , which comprises the deciduous azaleas, and Tsutsusi , which includes ...
The name of Tonga's beauty pageant, the Heilala Festival, is taken from this flower. Resorts as well as consumer products are also often named after this flower, such as the Heilala Lodge and Heilala Vanilla. The flower is also used in Tonga for medicinal and ornamental purposes. [citation needed]
Oxydendrum arboreum: sourwood Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron: rhododendrons; Rhododendron albiflorum: white-flowered rhododendron Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron arboreum: tree rhododendron Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron calendulaceum: flame azalea Ericaceae (heath family) Rhododendron catawbiense: purple rhododendron ...
Rhododendron grande is a rhododendron species with a native range from eastern Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan into central Arunachal Pradesh and southern Tibet. It grows at altitudes of 2100–3200 meters and reaches 6–15 meters in height in mixed forests. Flowers vary from cream to yellow to pink, spotted with a blotch on the top petal.
Rhododendron campanulatum var. wallichii Hook. Rhododendron campanulatum , the bell-flowered rhododendron or bell rhododendron , is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae , native to northeastern India, eastern Nepal, Bhutan, Sikkim , and southern Xizang in China, where it grows at altitudes of 3,000–4,300 m (9,800–14,100 ft).
It is used as an ornamental plant in its own right, and more frequently as a rootstock onto which other more attractive rhododendrons are grafted. The plants were first grown in Britain in the 1760s, supplied by Conrad Loddiges , and became widely distributed through the commercial nursery trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.