Southern Indian azalea
Rhododendron indicum (L.) Sweet
- light
- Part sun
- water
- Medium
- tall
- 76 cm
- wide
- 76 cm
Ericaceae
Formerly Azalea balsaminiflora, Azalea burgeri, Azalea calycina, Azalea crispiflora, and 25 more
When it flowers
Not known yet in the tropics: too few flowering observations to read a season from.
Read from iNaturalist photographs of it in flower. A month counts at 50% of the best month's flowering share (smoothed over three months) and 10% of its flowering count, from at least 100 flowering observations in the band.
If a child, a pet or anyone may have eaten a plant, contact a doctor or vet straight away, or call the National Poisons Information Centre (AIIMS, New Delhi) on 1800 116 117, free and open 24 hours.
Something wrong with it?About it
- Grows as
- ShrubKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Climate
- TemperateKew's checklist, not yet checked
- Wild in
- Japan (W. & C. Honshu, Kyushu)Kew's checklist, not yet checked
- Light
- Part shade (3 to 6 h)Read from NC State Extension, one source
- Height
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Spread
- 61 cm to 91 cmRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Water
- Average: moist, well drainedRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Flowers
- Red, pinkRead from NC State Extension, one source
- Coldest it survives
- -17.8 °C (USDA zone 7a)Read from NC State Extension, one source
Not known yet: heat, hottest it survives.
In other languages (12)
- Japanese
- サツキ
- Spanish
- Biflora
- Czech
- pěnišník indický
- Korean
- 영산홍
- Estonian
- india rodo, india rododendron, india asalea
- Lithuanian
- Indinis rododendras
- Chinese (China)
- 皋月杜鹃
- Russian
- Рододендрон Симса
- Danish
- håret alperose
- Swedish
- satsukiazalea
- Finnish
- intianalppiruusu
- Slovak
- rododendron tupý
Where this comes from
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0 (observation counts)
- Wikidata, read 2026-10-25, CC0-1.0
- Kew's checklist, read 2026-10-24, CC-BY-4.0
- NC State Extension, read 2026-10-25, fact, cited
- Wikimedia Commons, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA 3.0
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY-SA
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC BY
- iNaturalist, read 2026-10-25, CC0
- 3D model: Rhododendron indicum (built for Vanagrha) by Vanagrha, own
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