Rhododendron hodgsonii Hook. fil.

Shrubs or small trees, 3–7 m tall; branchlets stout, 10–15 mm in diam. below inflorescence, grayish tomentose when young, glabrescent. Petiole terete, 40–50 mm, tomentose when young, glabrescent; leaf blade leathery, oblong-elliptic to oblanceolate, 16–30 × 5–12 cm; base broadly cuneate to rounded; apex obtuse or rounded, sometimes emarginate; abaxial surface with pale brown, 2-layered, indumentum, upper layer of broadly cup-shaped slightly fimbriate hairs, lower layer thin, compacted; adaxial surface rugose, glabrous; midrib raised abaxially, grooved adaxially; lateral nerves 14–16 on each side, raised abaxially. Inflorescence 15–20-flowered; rachis 20–50 mm, puberulent. Pedicel slender, 2–4 cm, tomentose; calyx teeth 7, minute; corolla tubular-campanulate, magenta to purple, with darker basal blotch, 3.5–4 cm, lobes 7 or 8, suborbicular, ca. 1 × 1.3–1.5 cm, emarginate; stamens 15–18, 2.5–3.5 cm, filaments glabrous; ovary conoid, ca. 10 mm, tomentose; style 2–2.5 cm, glabrous. Capsule curved, 30–40 × ca. 7 mm, tomentose. Fl. May–Jun, fr. Aug–Sep.

E. Himalaya (E. Nepal to Bhutan), N. Assam, S. Tibet.

S Xizang [Bhutan, N India, Nepal, Sikkim].

3000-3800 m

Abies forests, thickets; 3500–4000 m.

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

Rhododendron hodgsonii là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Thạch nam. Loài này được Hook. f. miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1851.

多裂杜鹃（学名：Rhododendron hodgsonii），为杜鹃花科杜鹃属下的一个植物种。