Rhododendron

A detailed Summary of Rhododendron

The plant rhododendron belongs to the family

Ericaceae which also includes the Heath, and there are

about eight-hundred fifty species which grow worldwide

(Turner and Szczawinski, 171-2). The Heath family is a

large one with so many species, all of the poisonous

species fall into two of its subfamilies, one of which is

These cultivated plants occur naturally in temperate

regions of the northern hemisphere and in the mountains of

Southeast Asia. They are located in the Himalayas with

seven-hundred species, southwest China, Burma, and in New

Guinea with over three-hundred species (Turner and

szczawinski, 172). It has been popular as ornaments in

gardens and has led to a major horticultural industry with

There are twenty-seven species native to North

America, (Turner,172) and is the state plant of

muscular weakness, slow and irregular heartbeat, and

rhodotoxin, andromedotoxin, and acetylandrome (U.S. food

associated with this disease is rhododendron poisoning,

habit, and flower color, colors from white to pink,

vomiting, very low blood pressure, loss of coordination,

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