Camellia leptophylla S. Ye Liang
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 2-5 m
Elevation (m): 650-900 m
Distribution: China: Guangxi
Young Branch: pubescent
Terminal bud hairiness: sericeous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, pubescent
Leaf length (cm): 9-15 cm
Leaf width (cm): 3.5-5.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acute, obtusely pointed
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 8-9
Petiole length (mm): 4-6 mm
Petiole: glabrous, pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary
Pedicel length (cm): 0.3-0.5 cm
Pedicel hairiness: glabrous, pubescent
Bractlet number: 2
Bractlet: early deciduous
Sepal: margin membranous, persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 6-7 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous on both sides, margin ciliated
Petal number: 7-9
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: orbicular
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Style: 3-parted, but not to the base
Fruit shape: biorbicular, flat triorbicular, orbicular
Fruit height (cm): 2 cm
Fruit diameter (cm): 2-3 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: castaneous