Description

Shrub or small tree, 3-7m. Leaves obovate to oblong, 11-16 x 5.5-7cm, 2-2.3 X as long as broad, apex rounded, apiculate, base rounded, glabrous above, with a sparse whitish felted indumentum beneath, with prominent lateral veins; petioles c. 2cm, terete, glabrous when mature. Inflorescence c. 15-flowered, dense; rhachis not known; pedicels c. 10mm, densely glandular. Calyx 1 -2mm, glandular; lobes broadly triangular. Corolla 6-lobed, tubular-campanulate, pink with darker flecks and purplish basal patches (?nectarpouches), 35-?55mm. Ovary with a densely lanate-pilose, brownish indumentum; style glabrous. Capsule not known.

Distribution

NE India (Manipur), only known from the type locality

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References

Chamberlain, D.F. (1982) A Revision of Rhododendron II. Subgenus Hymenanthes. Notes From the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh 39(2):242