Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 12:72 (1919)
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Variably sized shrub. Young growth loriform-setose. Leaves elliptic to broadly elliptic, tapering to the base, obtuse or subacute at the apex, 55-75 x 24-30 mm, margins variably loriform-ciliate, undersurface brownish with dense, contiguous or overlapping scales. Calyx disc-like, loriform-ciliate. Corolla white, often with a yellowish blotch and pink or purplish flush, 48-55 mm, tube 25-30 mm, pilose at the base only, laxly lepidote over most of the surface. Capsule lepidote, 16-22 mm.
India (Manipur, Mizoram)
Forest margins, slopes
R. formosum var. johnstoneanum [Watt ex] Brandis, Indian Trees 411 (1906)
Cullen, J. (1980) A Revision of Rhododendron 1: Subgenus Rhododendron sections Rhododendron & Pogonanthum. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(1):47