| Type | Indigenous |
|---|---|
| Family | Eriaceae |
| Synonym | Rhododendron nilagiricum (Zenk) Tagg. |
| Synonym_2 | Rhododendron nilagiricum Zenk |
| Local Name | Kattupoovarasu |
| Local Name 2 | Alanchi |
| Habit | Small sized tree |
| Botanical Features | Trees, bark brown, rough, vertically shallowly fissured, flaking off in scales; branchlets stout. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered towards the tip of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, tomentose; lamina 3.7-12.7 x 2.5-5 cm, oblong-ovate, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base obtuse or round, apex obtuse, apiculate, margin entire, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 8-14 pairs, pinnate, prominent, flowers bisexual, dark crimson or pink, in terminal capitate racemes, fruit a capsule, oblong, woody; seeds many. |
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