Rhododendron moulmainense Hook.f.

Shrub or tree, to 15 m. Leaves 6–17 × 2–5 cm, narrowly elliptic to elliptic, glabrous when mature, apex acuminate. Flowers 3–5 (rarely solitary), clustered at end of a leafy shoot below the vegetative buds, white or pink to magenta, with a yellow blotch, funnel-shaped; tube 16–22 mm; lobes 30–40 mm, broad, spreading; stamens 10. Flowering March-April. Royal Horticultural Society (1997).

Distribution  Cambodia China India E Japan Laos Malaysia Thailand Vietnam Taiwan

Habitat 100–3,000 m

RHS Hardiness Rating H3

Awards AM 1937 (L. de Rothschild, Exbury & Earl of Stair, Stranraer) as R. stenaulum; flowers silvery lilac, with violet tinge, dark on lobes, spotted pale brown, tube pale crimson externally.

Conservation status Least concern (LC)