Camellia costata Hu & S. Ye Liang ex Hung T. Chang
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 3-10 m
Elevation (m): 700-1100 m
Distribution: China: Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou
Young Branch: glabrous
Terminal bud hairiness: glabrous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous
Leaf length (cm): 8-15 cm
Leaf width (cm): 2.5-5.2 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, oblong-oblanceolate
Leaf margin: serrulate, lower part entire
Leaf apex: acuminate, caudately acuminate
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 7-9
Petiole length (mm): 5-8 mm
Petiole: glabrous
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary
Pedicel length (cm): 0.6-1.4 cm
Pedicel hairiness: glabrous
Bractlet number: 2
Bractlet: early deciduous
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 2.5-4 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside, pubescent on both sides, pubescent outside
Petal number: 6-8
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate
Stamen length (mm): 10 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style length (mm): 10 mm
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: biorbicular, orbicular
Fruit height (cm): 1-1.5 cm
Fruit diameter (cm): 1.5-2 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: brown