Camellia rhytidocarpa var. microphylla Y. C. Zhong
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 10 m
Elevation (m): 1300-1450 m
Distribution: China: Guangxi
Young Branch: glabrous
Young Branch shape: quadrangular
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 4.5-6 cm
Leaf width (cm): 1.5-1.8 cm
Leaf shape: lanceolate
Leaf margin: sharply serrate
Leaf apex: acuminate, caudately acuminate, tail-pointed
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, obtuse
Lateral vein: pairs: 7-9
Petiole length (mm): 8-12 mm
Petiole: glabrous
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: subterminal
Flower diameter (cm): 2.5 cm
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 3
Bractlet: deciduous after anthesis
Bractlet shape: semiorbicular
Branchlet length (mm): 4-10 mm
Bractlet hairiness: sericeous on both sides
Sepal: deciduous after anthesis
Sepal number: 5-6
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 15 mm
Sepal hairiness: sericeous on both sides
Petal number: 6-8
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate
Petal length (mm): 15-18 mm
Petal width (mm): 15 mm
Stamen length (mm): 25-30 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style number: 3
Style hairiness: pubescent at the upper part
Style: free
Fruit shape: oblate, orbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 2 cm
Seed number per locule: 1, 2
Seed shape: semiorbicular, orbicular
Seed color: brown
Seed hairiness: pubescent