Camellia crassipes Sealy
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 1.5-5 m
Elevation (m): 900-2500 m
Distribution: China: Yunnan
Young Branch: hirsute
Leaf upper surface: midrib hairy
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: midrib hairy, tuberculate
Leaf length (cm): 3.5-6.5 cm
Leaf width (cm): 1.5-2.5 cm
Leaf shape: elliptic, elliptic-ovate
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acuminate, acute, caudate
Leaf base: cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-8
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: hirsute
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary, terminal
Pedicel length (cm): 0.4 cm
Pedicel hairiness: pubescent
Bractlet number: 2-3
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet shape: broadly ovate, obtuse triangle
Branchlet length (mm): 2.5-3 mm
Bractlet hairiness: pubescent outside, pubescent on both sides, sericeous on both sides
Sepal: leathery, persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 3-4 mm
Sepal hairiness: margin ciliated, pubescent on both sides, pubescent outside
Petal number: 5-6
Petal shape: broadly obovate
Petal apex: round
Petal length (mm): 13-20 mm
Petal width (mm): 10-18 mm
Petal hairiness: pubescent outside
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 15-18 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: ovate
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal, stamens shorter than styles
Style: 3-parted, but not to the base
Fruit shape: suborbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 1.6 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: castaneous