Rhododendron euchroum I. B. Balf. & Kingdon-Ward

Dwarf shrubs, 0.5–0.6 m tall; young shoots floccose-tomentose and glandular-hairy. Petiole narrowly winged, ca. 10 mm, setulose-glandular, also floccose; leaf blade leathery, 4–7.5 × 1.7–3 cm; base cuneate; apex rounded, apiculate; abaxial surface with indumentum 2-layered, upper layer fulvous, spongy, lower layer appressed, whitish, epidermis epapillate; adaxial surface green, rugose, glabrous; midrib grooved adaxially; lateral veins 7–8-paired, impressed adaxially. Inflorescence an umbel, 4- or 5-flowered; rachis short. Pedicel ca. 1.5 cm, densely glandular-hairy, and floccose-tomentose; calyx lobes 5, 1–2 mm, rounded, densely tomentose and glandular-hairy; corolla tubular-campanulate, fleshy, bright red to scarlet, 2.3–3 cm, with 5 basal nectar pouches; lobes 5, suborbicular, ca. 1 cm; stamens 10, 2–4 cm, filaments pubescent at base; ovary conoid, tapering into the style, ca. 5 mm, densely glandular-hairy and stellate-tomentose; style ca. 2.2 cm, densely tomentose and glandular below; stigma small. Capsule not known. Fl. Jul.

W Yunnan [NE Myanmar].

Thickets, slopes; 3200–3300 m.

Rhododendron euchroum adalah spesies tumbuhan yang tergolong ke dalam famili Ericaceae. Spesies ini juga merupakan bagian dari ordo Ericales. Spesies Rhododendron euchroum sendiri merupakan bagian dari genus Rhododendron.

Rhododendron euchroum là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Balf. f. & Kingdon-Ward miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1916.

滇西杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron euchroum），为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个植物种。