Bot. Jahrb. 29: 511 (1900).
WFO ID: wfo-0001048880
IPNI ID: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:333094-1
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Shrub or tree, 2-8 m. Leaves thick, broadly elliptic, 7-11 x 5-7 cm, 1.4-1.7 x as long as broad, apex rounded, mucronate, base rounded, lower surface with minute punctulate hair-bases when mature, otherwise glabrous; petioles broad, up to 10 mm, winged, glabrous. Inflorescence c. 12-flowered; rhachis up to 45 mm; pedicels 20-25 mm, glabrous. Calyx c. 1 mm, with minute glabrous rounded lobes. Corolla 7-lobed, open-campanulate, entirely glabrous, pinkish-red, lacking markings, 35-45 mm. Stamens 14, filaments puberulent below. Ovary and entire style stipitate-glandular. Capsule not known.
China (SE Sichuan, Guangxi)
In thickets
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):236