Fl. Brit. India 3:475 (1885).
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Small tree, 5-8m; young shoots densely rufous stellate-tomentose. Leaves broadly obovate, 9-12 x 4.5-6.5cm, c.2 x as long as broad, apex acuminate, base rounded, both surfaces glabrous when mature though often with persistent stellate tomentum on midrib; petioles 1.5-2cm, densely stellate-tomentose when young, becoming less so at maturity. Inflorescence 6-12-flowered; rhachis c.20mm; pedicels 20-25mm, stipitate-glandular and with a floccose stellate tomentum. Calyx 2-5mm, lobes rounded, tomentose, glandular, especially on the margins. Corolla fleshy tubular-campanulate, red with darker lines, 30-50mm. Ovary densely tomentose, with some stipitate glands; style stipitate-glandular and floccose-tomentose. Capsule 25-30 x 6mm.
Lower Burma
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):375