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'''''Rhododendron arboreum''''' (Tree Rhododendron), also known as '''burans''' or '''gurans''', is an evergreen shrub or small tree with a showy display of bright red flowers. It is found in [[Bhutan]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Myanmar]], [[Nepal]], [[Sri Lanka]] and [[Thailand]]. Rhododendron arboreum is the [[National flowers|National flower]] of [[Nepal]], in [[Republic of India]] it is the Provincial tree of [[Uttarakhand]] and Provincial flowers of [[Himachal Pradesh]] and [[Nagaland]].
==Description==
Its name means "tending to be woody or growing in a tree-like form". It has been recorded as reaching heights of up to 20 m,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wildeel.com/rhodotree.html | title = Tree rhododendrons | publisher = Richard Francis | accessdate= 2008-07-29 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080719144250/http://www.wildeel.com/rhodotree.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-07-19}}</ref> although more usually it has a heigh==Description==
Its name means "tending to be woody or growing in a tree-like form". It has been recorded as reaching heights of up to 20 m,<ref>{{cite web | url = http://wildeel.com/rhodotree.html | title = Tree rhododendrons | publisher = Richard Francis | accessdate= 2008-07-29 |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080719144250/http://www.wildeel.com/rhodotree.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-07-19}}</ref> although more usually it has a height and spread up to 12 m (36 ft) x 12 m (36 ft).This plant holds the Guinness Record for World's Largest Rhododendron. The tree discovered in 1993 at Mt. Japfü in [[Kohima District]] of [[Nagaland]], [[Republic of India]], holds the Guinness Record for the tallest Rhododendron at 108 ft measured at the time of discovery which is still growing.
In early- and mid-spring, trusses of 15-20 bell-shaped flowers, 5 cm (2 in) wide and 3–5 cm (1.25–2 in) long are produced in red, pink or white. They have black nectar pouches and black spots inside.
==Cultivation==
It prefers moist but well-drained, leafy, humus-rich, acid soil, in dappled shade. It has broad, dark green leaves, 7–19 cm (3–7 in) long, with a silvery, fawn or brown hairy coating beneath.
This plant is suitable for woodland gardens.
Shelter is imperative to prevent wind damage to leaves.
[[Category:Plants of Asia]]
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