Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugdano-Batavum 1: 43 (1863).
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Probably a shrub. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 7-8 x 1.8-2.4cm, 3.3-4 x as long as broad, apex bluntly acuminate, base cuneate, margins slightly undulate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous when mature; petioles 1 — 1.5cm,±glabrous when mature. Inflorescence c.6-flowered; rhachis c.7mm; pedicels c.l5mm, densely stipitate-glandular. Calyx 4-5mm, lobes ovate, rounded, glandular-ciliate. Corolla open-campanulate, c.25mm, with a pubescent spot within near the base. Ovary sparsely rufous-tomentose, eglandular; style glabrous. Capsule not known.
Sumatra. Only known from the type specimen
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):296