Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: China (Yunnan); Myanmar (north)

IUCN Red list: Least concern

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: A straggly shrub with light reddish-brown peeling bark.
Foliage: Oblong-obovate to oblong-lanceolate leaves, 5-10cm long by 2-4cm wide. The upper surface is dark green and teh underside is a pale glaucous-green and densely scaly.
Flowers: 1-5 funnel-shaped, fragrant white flowers with a yellow blotch. Scaly asll over the outside of the corolla.