Camellia assimiloides Sealy
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 3-8 m
Elevation (m): 800-1100 m
Distribution: China: Guangdong, Hunan
Young Branch: pubescent, tenuous
Leaf upper surface: midrib hairy
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous
Leaf length (cm): 5-9 cm
Leaf shape: oblong, oblong-lanceolate
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: caudately acuminate
Leaf base: cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-7
Petiole length (mm): 2-4 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Bract: absent
Pedicel: present
Bractlet number: 4-5
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet position: spirally arranged on the pedicel
Bractlet shape: semiorbicular
Branchlet length (mm): mm
Bractlet hairiness: pubescent on both sides, sericeous on both sides
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 4-5 mm
Sepal width (mm): 5 mm
Sepal hairiness: pubescent on both sides
Petal number: 5-8
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, suborbicular, broadly obovate
Petal length (mm): 10-20 mm
Petal hairiness: pubescent outside, pubescent inside
Stamen length (mm): 15 mm
Filaments hairiness: pubescent at the base of inner filaments, glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style hairiness: pubescent at the lower part
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: orbicular
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: brown