Camellia stuartiana Sealy
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 2-6 m
Elevation (m): 1500 m
Distribution: China: Yunnan
Young Branch: pubescent
Leaf upper surface: midrib hairy
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: pubescent, midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 7-12 cm
Leaf width (cm): 3-4 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: caudate
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, rounded
Lateral vein: pairs: 8-10
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary, terminal
Pedicel length (cm): 0.3-0.5 cm
Pedicel hairiness: pubescent
Bractlet number: 4-5
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet shape: triangular-ovate
Branchlet length (mm): 1-1.5 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous inside, pubescent outside, margin ciliated
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, suborbicular, lower 1/2 part connate into cup-shaped
Sepal length (mm): 3-4 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous inside, margin ciliated, pubescent outside
Petal number: 5-7
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate-elliptic, broadly obovate
Petal apex: retuse
Petal length (mm): 15-17 mm
Stamen length (mm): 12-15 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: ovate
Ovary locus: 5-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style: 5-parted to the middle
Fruit shape: orbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 2 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: orbicular
Seed color: castaneous