Feddes Repert. 12:102 (1913)
WFO ID: wfo-0001048921
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:332419-1
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Shrub 4 m high, young branches glabrous. Leaves glabrous except for scattered stiff bristles on the mid-rib below and on the petiole; blade oblanceolate, c.130 x 32 mm, tapered to the base, apex slightly acuminate, coriaceous, veins forming a close network; petiole c. 10-12 mm long. Inflorescence buds lateral, at the ends of leafy shoots, c.5-flowered; bud scales not seen; pedicel glabrous, 25-30 mm long. Calyx an undulate rim, glabrous. Corolla not seen, Stamens not seen. Ovary glabrous. Capsule narrowly cylindric, c.25 x 3 mm, glabrous.
China (Guizhou)
Philipson, W.R. & Philipson, M.N. (1986) A Revision of Rhododendron III. Subgenera Azaleastrum, Mumeazalea, Candidastrum and Therorhodion. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 44(1):9