Camellia crassicolumna var. multiplex T. L. Ming
Habit: tree
Plant Height (m): 5-15 m
Elevation (m): 1900-2210 m
Distribution: China: Guizhou, Yunnan
Young Branch: glabrous
Terminal bud hairiness: puberulous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 10-13 cm
Leaf width (cm): 4-6 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, oblong, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acute
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate, rounded
Lateral vein: pairs: 8-10
Petiole length (mm): 5-10 mm
Petiole: glabrous, pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary
Flower diameter (cm): 4-4.5 cm
Pedicel length (cm): 0.5-1 cm
Pedicel hairiness: glabrous
Bractlet number: 2
Bractlet: early deciduous
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: ovate
Sepal length (mm): 5-8 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside, pubescent on both sides
Petal number: 9-12
Petal color: white
Petal shape: broadly ovate, obovate, sepal-shaped
Petal length (mm): 15-25 mm
Petal hairiness: pubescent on both sides
Stamen length (mm): 15 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 3-locular, 5-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: stamens shorter than styles
Style hairiness: glabrous
Style: 3-parted, but not to the base, 5-parted to the middle
Fruit shape: orbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 5-6 cm
Seed number per locule: 1, 2
Seed shape: semiorbicular, suborbicular
Seed color: brown