Rhododendron oligocarpum aff.
Billeder af Rhododendron oligocarpu, aff.
Beskrivelse
R. oligocarpum aff. (Maculifera). Indsamlet af Jens Nielsen som en Maculifera. Dyrket af Kurt Hansen. Bladene er smallere end R. ologocarpum og bladspids længere
Hans Eiberg
Flora of China
R. oligocarpum W. P. Fang & X. S. Zhang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21: 466. 1983.
Shrubs or small trees, 4–6 m tall; older branches pale gray-brown, glabrescent; young shoots white-tomentose. Petiole 8–15 mm, tomentose; leaf blade leathery, oblong, or oblong-elliptic, rarely obovate-elliptic, 4–6.3 × 2–3 cm; base rounded, rarely subcordate; margin revolute, ciliate; apex obtuse, apiculate; abaxial surface pale green, midrib brownish pubescent near base; adaxial surface green, glabrous; midrib prominent abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral veins 13–15-paired, obscure on both surfaces. Inflorescence 3- or 4-flowered; rachis 5–6 mm, sparsely tomentose. Pedicel 1–2 cm, densely tomentose; calyx teeth 5, 1–2 mm; corolla campanulate, purple to pink, with deep purple basal blotch, ca. 3.5 cm; lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1.5 × 2 cm, emarginate; stamens 10, unequal, 1.3–2.6 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary ovoid, 4–5 × ca. 3 mm, densely woolly-tomentose; style ca. 2.5 cm, glabrous. Capsule cylindric, 20–25 × ca. 7 mm, rough. Fl. Apr–May, fr. Sep–Oct.
Forests, thickets; 1800–2500 m. NE Guangxi, NE Guizhou.






