Rhododendrons Sikkim Himalaya 27, t. 25 (1849).
Verified by:
Shrub, 1.5-4.5m; young shoots glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate to obovate, (7—)9—11 x (4-)5-7cm, 1.5-1.8 x as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base cordate to rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface covered with a dense fulvous lanate tomentum composed of fasciculate hairs; petioles 1 -2cm, glabrous when mature. Inflorescence dense, 8-14-flowered; rhachis 10-25mm, pedicels 7—10mm, glabrous. Calyx 1 -2mm, glabrous. Corolla tubular-campanulate, scarlet to blood-red, with darker nectar pouches, 20-35mm. Ovary glabrous. Capsule 13-30 x c.5mm, curved.
E Nepal, Bhutan, NE India (Sikkim, Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh) China (S Xizang).
Mixed forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):415