Fl. Gen. Indo-Chine 3: 743 (1940).
Verified by:
Small tree, c.3m. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic, 17-20 x 5.2-7.5cm, 2.6-3 x as long as broad, apex acute to apiculate, base broadly cuneate, upper surface glabrous, lower surface covered with a hght brown adpressed indumentum composed of sub-radiate hairs with long arms; petioles 3-3.5cm, glabrous or with the remains of a radiate indumentum. Inflorescence c. 15-flowered; rhachis c.lOmm; pedicels c.25mm, densely tomentose. Calyx c.5mm, densely tomentose. Capsule c.15 x 4mm, densely lanate-tomentose; style glandular, at least below.
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):428