Pukeiti

Family: Ericaceae (Heath)

Distribution: Myanmar

IUCN Red list: Vulnerable

Life form: Shrub - evergreen

Comments: Habit: A stiff shrub to 1.5m with densely bristly branchlets.
Foliage: Lanceolate, oblanceolate or occasionally oval leaves that are 3-7cm long x 1-3cm broad. The upper surface is a shiny dark green that is somewhat wrinkled with hairs and a recurved margin. The underside is covered with a thick woolly, yellowish-brown indumentum.
Flowers: A truss of 4-7 funnel-shaped campanulate rose or white suffused pink with red spots.