Rhododendron

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Rhododendron
Rhododendron ponticum
Rhododendron ponticum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Rhododendron
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Rhododendron is a large genus of flowering plants. Most of them display their flowers quite aptly. What gardeners know as Azalea is in fact a kind of rhododendron. Many people have rhododendrons in their garden or flower pot. It is the state flower of Kashmir.