Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook.f.

 
  • Family : ERICACEAE
    (Heather Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RHODODENDRON FAMILY (बुराँश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Ericaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Azalea hodgsonii (Hook.f.) Kuntze; Rhododendron hodgsonii var. album D.Bhattach.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook.f.
  • Common name : Hodgson's Rhododendron
  • Habit : Large Shrub
  • Comments / notes : This species has beautiful, pink, papery bark and its wood is used for making cups, spoons, ladles and yak saddles. In Sikkim the large leaves have been used to line bamboo baskets and to wrap butter.
  • Key identification features : Tree, 3–11 mm; bark smooth, peeling, reddish brown. Leaves 17–24 × 6.5–10 cm, obovate to oblanceolate, upper surface smooth, reticulate, lower surface with a dense two-layered indumentum, the upper layer silvery to cinnamon, composed of slightly fimbriate, broadly cup-shaped hairs, the lower compacted; petioles terete. Flowers 15–25, in a dense truss, 7–10-lobed, pink to magenta or purple, with a darker blotch, tubular-campanulate, nectar pouches lacking; stamens 15–18; ovary tomentose
  • Flower, Fruit : April-June
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : India, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • Literature :
    • Photographs of Dr. A.J.T. Johnsingh
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 83
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhododendron hodgsonii. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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