Camellia glabricostata T. L. Ming
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 1-5 m
Elevation (m): 280 m
Distribution: China: Guangxi
Distribution: other countries: Vietnam
Young Branch: glabrous, tenuous
Terminal bud hairiness: glabrous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: papery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous
Leaf length (cm): 5-9.5 cm
Leaf width (cm): 2-3.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: caudate
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-9
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: glabrous
Flower: solitary
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Pedicel length (cm): 0.2 cm
Bractlet number: 5
Bractlet position: covers the pedicel
Bractlet shape: broadly ovate
Branchlet length (mm): 0.5-1.5 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous outside, margin ciliated
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: ovate
Sepal length (mm): 2-2.5 mm
Sepal hairiness: margin ciliated, pubescent outside
Petal number: 5
Petal color: pink, white
Petal shape: obovate-elliptic
Petal length (mm): 7-8 mm
Petal hairiness: pubescent outside
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 6 mm
Filaments hairiness: upper part villose
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate into a short tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style: 3-cleft