Camellia granthamiana Sealy
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 3-9 m
Elevation (m): 600 m
Distribution: China: Guangdong, Hong Kong
Young Branch: pubescent, stout
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, midrib hairy, glandular
Leaf length (cm): 7-11.5 cm
Leaf width (cm): 3-4.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, oblong, obovate-elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acuminate, caudate
Leaf base: rounded, obtuse
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-7
Petiole length (mm): 5-10 mm
Petiole: glabrous, pubescent
Flower: solitary
Flower position: subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 10-14 cm
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 12-17
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet shape: semiorbicular, suborbicular
Branchlet length (mm): 4-40 mm
Bractlet width (mm): 40-45 mm
Bractlet hairiness: pubescent inside, sericeous outside
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 12-17
Sepal shape: suborbicular, semiorbicular
Sepal length (mm): 4-45 mm
Sepal width (mm): 40-45 mm
Sepal hairiness: pubescent inside, sericeous outside
Petal number: 8-10
Petal shape: broadly obovate
Petal apex: retuse
Petal length (mm): 45-70 mm
Petal width (mm): 35-50 mm
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 25 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 5-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style number: 5
Style length (mm): 25 mm
Style: 5-parted to the middle
Fruit shape: suborbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 6 cm
Seed shape: semiorbicular
Seed color: brown