Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 40:228 (1982)
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Tall shrub with young branches minutely puberulous. Leaves glabrous except for the petiole and upper mid-rib; blade narrowly elliptic-ovate, c.45 x 16 mm, base cuneate, narrowed to an obtuse or emarginate apex, mucronate, chartaceous, lateral veins obscure; petiole about 6 mm long. Inflorescence buds lateral, 1-flowered, clustered near the ends of the leafy shoots; outer bud scales short, inner elongated (c.l2mm); pedicel 10mm long, puberulous and with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes oblong to ovate, 6-7 x 2-5-3mm, margin slightly ciliate or glabrous. Corolla magenta-rose with darker spots, glabrous on the outside, c.22 mm long, rotate with a short tube and spreading lobes. Stamens 5, filaments hairy below. Ovary subglobose, c.2-5mm high, setose and glandular, 5-loculate; style with numerous glandular hairs on its lower part. Capsule c.6 x 5 mm, verrucose.
NE Burma
In scrub
R. medoense Fang & M. Y. He var. adenostylum Fang & M. Y. He, Bull. Bot. Res. 3,1:2, f. 2 (1983). Type: NE Upper Burma, Tzi-tzo-ti, 3300m, iv 1925, Forrest 26420 (holo. PE-n.v., iso. E).
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):6