Description

Tree, 12 m high, young branches with long stiff bristles. Leaf blade oblanceolate, 80-100 x 18-26 mm, base cuneate, apex acuminate, coriaceous, lower surface with well-spaced short hairs (none on the margin) and longer bristles on the mid-rib; petiole c.6-10 mm long, with long bristles. Inflorescence buds lateral, clustered at the ends of leafy shoots, 1-3 (or more)-flowered; bud scales glabrous, caducous; pedicels 15-18 mm long, with sparse but long pilose hairs. Calyx a 5-lobed undulate rim, glabrous. Corolla violet, glabrous, tube c.ll mm long, lobes c.28 X 15 mm. Stamens 10, filaments hairy on the lower part. Ovary cylindric, c.6 mm high, covered with appressed hairs; style glabrous. Capsule not seen.

Distribution

China (S Yunnan)

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References

Philipson, W.R. & Philipson, M.N. (1986) A Revision of Rhododendron III. Subgenera Azaleastrum, Mumeazalea, Candidastrum and Therorhodion. Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 44(1):10