Notes R.B.G. Edinb. 36: 124 (1978).
Verified by:
Shrub or tree, up to 14m; bark smooth, peeling; young shoots apparently tomentose. Leaves oblong, 7-10.5 x 2-3.5cm, 3-3.5 x as long as broad, apex rounded and apiculate, base ± rounded, upper surface glabrous, lower surface epapillate, with numerous red punctate hair-bases on the veins, each with the vestige of a branched hair; otherwise glabrous; petioles 1 —1.5cm, glabrous. Inflorescence dense, up to 15-flowered; rhachis c.5mm; pedicels 7-10mm, glabrous. Calyx 4-5mm, cupular, lobes rounded, cihate. Corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, scarlet, with a few purple flecks, up to 40mm. Ovary densely tomentose, eglandular, style glabrous. Capsule not known.
ne India (Arunachal Pradesh)
Mossy rain forest
Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):422