Hollard Gardens

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (south west, Yunnan)

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: Forms a small upright tree, the new growth of which appears reddish-brown.
Foliage: Narrowly elliptic leaves, 5-15cm long by 1.5-5cm broad held in whorls around the stem. Upper surface is a matt green and glabrous, the underside being paler, glabrous and with minute red glands.
Flowers: A tubular-campanulate truss of 8-15 creamy-yellow flowers with a hint of pink. Crimson spots visible on the inside of the flowers.