Mophead hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) - part 3 @Dlium
Mophead hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) - part 3  @Dlium
Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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#Dlium Mophead hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) is a species of plant in the Hydrangeaceae, a shrub with upright stems, oval and thick leaves, pink or blue or white or yellow or purple flowers and is widely cultivated as an ornamental plant.

H. macrophylla grows up to 2 meters high, 2.5 meters wide, stems are upright and branched. Leaves have stalks, sit opposite, oval or elongated, up to 23 cm long, up to 13 cm wide, thick, blunt base and sharp tip, serrated margins. Petioles up to 6 cm long.

The flowers are corymbs, growing at the top in panicles with branching stalks. The blooms are pink or blue or white or yellow or purple. This species grows at an elevation of 500-2000 meters, temperature 18C, pH 4.5, clay texture and shade but tolerates full sun.

This plant contains isocoumarin, secoiridoid glucoside, phyllodulcin, polyphenols, flavonoids, triterpenoids/steroids, anthraquinone, zeorin, betulinic acid, uridine, thymidine, adenosine, nicotinamide, methyl pyroglutamate, hydrangenol.

Plants are often used to treat diarrhea, malaria, diabetes, hair loss, fever, anxiety, sore throat, anticancer, anti-inflammatory, urinary tract infections, enlarged prostate and kidney stones.

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Subphylum: Angiospermae
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Cornales
Family: Hydrangeaceae
Genus: Hydrangea
Species: Hydrangea macrophylla
Subspecies: Hydrangea macrophylla ssp. macrophylla, Hydrangea macrophylla var. normalis

Publications:

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Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. Gremmen, N. & Halbertsma, R.L. (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha 2: 1-307. Overseas Territories Environment Programme (OTEP).

Hammel, B.E. & al. (eds.) (2007). Manual de Plantas de Costa Rica, volumen VI, Dicotyledóneas (Haloragaceae-Phytolaccaceae). Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 111: 1-933. Missouri Botanical Garden.

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Ohba, H. & Akiyama, S. (2014). A revision of the species of Hydrangea (Hydrangeaceae) described by Siebold and Zuccarini, part 2. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series B (Botany) 40: 29-45.

Parslow, R. & Bennallick, I. (2017). The new flora of the Isles of Scilly: 1-539. Parslow Press.

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Afrikaans: Krismisroos
Arabic: هورتينسيا
Austria: Gartenhortensie
Brazil: Hortênsia
Chinese (Simplified): 绣球花
Chinese (Traditional): 繡球花
Croatian: Velelisna Hortenzija
Czech: hortenzie velkolistá
Danish: Hortensia
Dutch: Hortensia, Boerenhortensia, Grote hortensia
English: Mophead hydrangea, Common hydrangea, Bigleaf Hydrangea
Estonian: suurelehine hortensia
Finnish: jalohortensia
French: Hortensia
German: Gartenhortensie
Hawaiian: pōpōhau
Hebrew: הורטנזיה
Hindi: हॉर्टेंसिया
Indonesian: Panca Warna, Hortensia
Italian: Ortensia
Japanese: アジサイ
Javanese: Kembang bokor
Korean: 수국
Lithuanian: Didžialapė hortenzija
Malay: Bunga tiga bulan
Norwegian: hortensia
Polish: Hortensja ogrodowa, Hortensja wielkolistna
Portuguese: Hidrângea, Hortense, Hortênsia
Russian: Гортензия крупнолистная
Spanish: Hortensia japonesa
Sulawesi Selatan: Bunga masamba
Swedish: hortensia
Thai: ฮอร์เทนเซีย
Turkish: ortanca
Ukrainian: Гортензія великолиста

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