Rhododendron simsii
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What to Eat
Edible parts: Flowers, Vegetable
The flowers are cooked and eaten as a vegetable.
Where to Find It
It is a temperate to tropical plant. in China it grows in pine forests between 500-2,700 m above sea level. In Sichuan and Yunnan.
Asia, China, Indochina, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Mynamar, SE Asia, Taiwan, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam,
How to Identify
A shrub. It grows about 2 m tall. The summer and winter leaves are different. The leaves are oval and 2-5 cm long by 1-3 cm wide. The base is wedge shaped and the edges are rolled. There are fine teeth along the edge. The flowers are in groups of 2-3. They are funnel shaped and red, pink or with dark red flecks.
How to Grow
Plants can be grown from seeds.
Wikipedia
Source ↗Rhododendron simsii (杜鵑) is a rhododendron species native to East Asia, where it grows at altitudes of 500–2,700 m (1,600–8,900 ft).
