Rhododendron kaempferi




Family Ericaceae
Scientific name Rhododendron kaempferi Planchon
Synonyms Rhododendron kaempferi Planchon forma album Nakai; Rhododendron kaempferi Planchon var. lucidusculum (Nakai) Sugimoto; Rhododendron obtusum (Lindley) Planchon var. kaempferi (Planchon) E. H. Wilson; Rhododendron obtusum (Lindley) Planchon var. kaempferi (Planchon) E. H. Wilson forma albiflorum E. H. Wilson; Rhododendron obtusum (Lindley) Planchon var. kaempferi (Planchon) E. H. Wilson forma purpuriflorum T. Yamazaki; Rhododendron scabrum G. Don var. kaempferi (Planchon) Nakai
Common name (Japanese common name) yama-tutuji [mountain tutuji (tutuji = Rhododendron plants)]
(English common name) none
Distribution (Japan) Hokkaido, Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu
(Other nations) none
Chromosomal number unknown
Description Plants 1-4m. Leaves 3-5cm length. Flowers orange, purple or white corollas 4-5cm, flowering in April to June. Hemideciduous. Shrub.
Reference Rhododendron kaempferi Planch.
Herbicidal composition and herbicidal processes (US Patent 4552584/1985)
Antifungal polypeptides (US Patent 7306946/2007)
Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi and nematodes (US Patent 7301069/2007)
Plant defensin polynucleotides and methods of use thereof (US Patent 7238781/2007)
Method of breeding azalea (US Patent 20060294616)
Note Native to Japan.



April 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
April 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park
April 2007
at Ushiku Forest Park



April 2007
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden



cv. Kagaribi cv. Kagaribi
April 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
April 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden