Camellia parviflora Merr. & Chun
Habit: shrub
Plant Height (m): 3 m
Elevation (m): 390-450 m
Distribution: China: Hainan
Young Branch: glabrous, pubescent, tenuous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, pubescent, midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 4-7 cm
Leaf width (cm): 1.5-3.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong, oblong-lanceolate
Leaf margin: undulately serrate
Leaf apex: obtuse
Leaf base: cuneate
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: glabrous, pubescent
Flower: solitary
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 0.8-1 cm
Pedicel length (cm): 0.15 cm
Bractlet number: 2
Bractlet shape: semiorbicular
Branchlet length (mm): 1-1.5 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous on both sides, margin ciliated
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5-6
Sepal shape: suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 2.5-4 mm
Sepal width (mm): 3.5-5.5 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous on both sides, margin ciliated
Petal number: 5-6
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, obovate-elliptic
Petal apex: round
Petal hairiness: glabrous on both sides
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 4 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: stamens longer than styles
Style number: 3
Style length (mm): 3 mm
Style: free
Fruit shape: oblate
Fruit height (cm): 1-1.5 cm
Seed shape: semiorbicular
Seed color: brown