Description

Tree, (2-)5-12m. Leaves oblong-oblanceolate, 14-30 x 4-7.2cm, 3.5-6 x as long as broad, apex cuspidate to acuminate, base cuneate, lower surface glabrous when mature, or with vestiges of juvenile indumentum persisting along the midrib; petioles 1 -2 cm, stout, glabrous or with a thin indumentum. Inflorescence 5-30-flowered; rhachis 12-20 mm; pedicels 30-55 mm, glabrous. Calyx c. 1 mm, glabrous. Corolla 5-7-lobed, open-campanulate, glabrous, pinkish white with purple flecks and a basal blotch, 40-60 mm. Stamens 15-20, filaments puberulent below. Ovary and style glabrous; stigma discoid. Capsule 25-33 x 6-12 mm. ** * Rhododendron calophytum * var. * calophytum * ** Leaves 18-30 cm long, apex acuminate; inflorescence 15—30-flowered ** * Rhododendron calophytum * var. * openshawianum * **

Distribution

China (C & E Sichuan, NE Yunnan)

Altitude

Habitat

Forests, etc.

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):228