Description

Shrub or tree, 2.5-9m. Leaves oblanceolate to elliptic, 13.5-15 x 5.5-6.2 cm, c.2.5 x as long as broad, apex ± rounded, apiculate, base rounded to tapering, upper surface glabrous, ± rugulose, lower surface with a bistrate indumentum, the lower layer adpressed, the upper buff, composed of strongly fimbriate, cup-shaped hairs; petioles 1.5-2cm, glabrous, terete. Inflorescence 10—20-flowered; rhachis c.20mm; pedicels 25—30mm, lanate-floccose. Calyx minute, densely tomentose. Corolla 6-7-lobed, obliquely ventricose-campanulate, white with a purple basal blotch, 35-45mm. Stamens (10-)12-14. Ovary densely tomentose. Capsule not known.

Distribution

NE Upper Burma

Altitude

Habitat

Scrub

Nomenclatural History

Notes

References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):257