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Phenology of Rhododendron wattii Cowan (Ericales: Ericaceae) - a threatened plant of Nagaland, India
Imtilila
Jing
Nagaland University, Lumami
Department of Botany, Nagaland University,
Lumami
Nagaland
798627
IN
jingimtilila@nagalanduniversity.ac.in
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3581-7137
S. K.
Chaturvedi
Nagaland University, Lumami
Department of Botany, Nagaland University,
Lumami
Nagaland
798627
IN
sunchat1@rediffmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5295-3466
Vijay
Barve
Nature Mates-Nature Club
Research Advisor
6/7 Bijoygarh
Kolkata
West Bengal
700032
IN
vijay.barve@gmail.com
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4852-2567
2026-02-20
eng
The paper deals with the flowering phenology of Rhododendron wattii Cowan (Ericaceae family), a threatened and endemic plant from Nagaland, northeastern India. The study was conducted at Dzukou Valley, Kohima District of Nagaland, on a single tree of R. wattii growing at an elevation of 2,600 m with no other tree of the same species in the vicinity. Flowering occurs from the end of February to April, and fruiting is observed from April to December. The flowers present in trusses of 18–25 flowers are pink with darker flecks and purplish basal blotches. They are foraged and pollinated by the Fire-tailed Sunbird Aethopyga ignicauda and bumble bees (Bombus spp.). The only attractant for the foragers is the nectar secreted in the five nectaries at the base of the corolla tube. Catastrophes like frequent forest fires and anthropogenic activities are responsible for the disappearance of this species.
Occurrence
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Observation
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Nagaland, India
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family
Ericaceae
order
Ericales
class
Magnoliopsida
kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
asNeeded
Imtilila
Jing
Nagaland University, Lumami
Department of Botany, Nagaland University,
Lumami
Nagaland
798627
IN
jingimtilila@nagalanduniversity.ac.in
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3581-7137
2026-02-20T07:11:46.393+00:00
dataset
Jing, I. & S.K. Chaturvedi (2025). Phenology of Rhododendron wattii Cowan (Ericales: Ericaceae) - a threatened plant of Nagaland, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 17(1): 26426–26430.
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