Yellow Scaly Rhododendron is a low shrublet, growing to about a meter tall.
Narrow lanceshaped leaves, 2.5-4 cm long, are densely covered with fleshy
scales. Flowers are yellow, borne in clusters of 2 to 4, on
slender stalks. Flowers are about 2-2.5 cm across, broadly tubular with 5
spreading rounded petals, scaly and glandular outside. Eight stamens
protrude out of the flowers with red filaments which are hairy on the
lower side. Fruit is a capsule, densely scaly, covered with persisting
sepals. Flowering: June-July.
Medicinal uses: The people of Manang district, central Nepals,
take the juice of the plant, believing it purifies the blood. Pounded
leaves are boiled in water and spread on cots, beds, and mats to kill bugs.
Identification credit: Nongthombam Ullysess
Photographed in Tawang distt., Arunachal Pradesh.
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