Camellia cuspidata var. trichandra (Hung T. Chang) T. L. Ming
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 1-5 m
Elevation (m): 1100 m
Distribution: China: Guangxi
Young Branch: glabrous, pubescent, stramineous, tenuous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous, midrib hairy
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous
Leaf length (cm): 5-11 cm
Leaf width (cm): 1.5-4 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic, oblong-lanceolate
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: caudate
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Petiole length (mm): 2-5 mm
Petiole: glabrous, hirsute
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 2-3 cm
Pedicel: present
Pedicel length (cm): 0.2-0.3 cm
Bractlet number: 4
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet shape: ovate
Branchlet length (mm): 1-2 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous outside
Sepal: margin membranous, persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside, pubescent inside
Petal number: 5-7
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, broadly obovate
Petal apex: retuse, truncate
Petal length (mm): 13-22 mm
Petal width (mm): 10-16 mm
Stamen length (mm): 15-18 mm
Filaments hairiness: pubescent at the base of inner filaments, glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate into a short tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: ovate
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style hairiness: glabrous
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: orbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 1-1.2 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: brown