Rhododendron indicum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Subfamily: | Ericoideae |
Genus: | Rhododendron |
Subgenus: | Azaleastrum |
Section: | Tsutsusi |
Subsection: | Tsutsusi |
Species: | R. indicum |
Binomial name | |
Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet |
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Rhododendron indicum is an Azalea Rhododendron species native to Japan (S & W Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu, Yakushima). It is the type species for the Tsutsusi section and subsection, and was the original Tsutsusi described by Engelbert Kaempfer in Japan in 1712, from the Japanese name Kirishima-tsutsuji.
Cultivars include the Satsuki azaleas.