Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 13: 265 (1922).
Verified by:
Shrub or small tree, 2.5-12m; bark smooth, peeling; young shoots ± glabrous. Leaves oblong to oblanceolate, 8.5—14.5 x 3.4-5.7cm, 2.5—3.2 x as long as broad, apex rounded, minutely apiculate, base rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface greenish with an epapillate epidermis, with scattered fasciculate hairs arising from red persistent bases on the veins, otherwise glabrous; petioles 1.5-2cm, usually narrowly winged, stipitate-glandular when young, soon giabrescent. Inflorescence 10—12-flowered; rhachis 13—40mm; pedicels 8-12mm, glabrous or glandular. Calyx 2-8mm, cupular when well-developed, lobes broad and rounded, remotely glandular-ciliate, otherwise glabrous. Corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, rose-pink, with dark flecks, 35—50mm. Ovary and style glabrous. Capsule 15—22 x 6-10mm.
NE Upper Burma & adjacent parts of China (SE Xizang)
Open mixed forests
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):421