Rhododendron cephalanthum Franch.

 
  • Family : ERICACEAE
    (Heather Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : RHODODENDRON FAMILY (बुराँश फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Ericaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Azalea cephalantha (Franch.) Kuntze; Rhododendron cephalanthum var. crebreflorum (Hutch. & Kingdon-Ward) Cowan & Davidian; Rhododendron chamaetortum Balf.f. & Kingdon-Ward; Rhododendron crebreflorum Hutch. & Kingdon-Ward; Rhododendron nwaiense Balf.f. & W.W.Sm.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Rhododendron cephalanthum Franch.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Key identification features : Shrubs, up to 1 m high; Leaves broadly elliptic to sub- orbicular; Flowers white or pink, rarely yellowish in terminal, dense, many flowered racemes; Capsules scarcely exceeding calyx.
  • Flower, Fruit : May- September
  • Distribution :
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Lohit
  • Native : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Qinghai, Tibet
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Bhutan, China, India, Myanmar, Qinghai, Tibet
  • Literature :
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 77
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Rhododendron cephalanthum. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

India Distribution

World Distribution

Creative Commons License
India Flora Online by Herbarium JCB is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.