Hollard Gardens

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Synonym: Rhododendron inaequale

Distribution: India (Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya)

IUCN Red list: Data deficient

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Forms an evergreen shrub to 3m with an open sprawling habit. The branchlets are both scaly and bristly.
Foliage: Elliptic-lanceolate leaves with a dark green upper surface devoid of scales and bristles. The underside is a paler green and scaly, the scales spread 2-3 times their own diameter apart.
Flowers: Widely funnel-shaped flowers of white with a yellow blotch.
Epithet: Name means unequal size - referring to the differing flower sizes within the truss.