Camellia szemaoensis Hung T. Chang
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 2-5 m
Elevation (m): 760-2000 m
Distribution: China: Yunnan
Young Branch: pubescent
Leaf upper surface: midrib hairy
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, pubescent, glandular
Leaf length (cm): 5.5-9 cm
Leaf width (cm): 2-3.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic, ovate
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acuminate, acute, obtusely pointed
Leaf base: cuneate, obtuse
Lateral vein: pairs: 7
Petiole length (mm): 3-5 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary
Flower position: subterminal
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 9
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet shape: broadly ovate, semiorbicular
Bractlet hairiness: pubescent inside, pubescent outside
Sepal: leathery, margin membranous, persistent
Sepal number: 9
Sepal shape: broadly ovate, semiorbicular
Sepal hairiness: pubescent inside, pubescent outside
Petal number: 7
Petal shape: obovate-elliptic, sepal-shaped
Stamen length (mm): 8 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: orbicular
Style number: 3
Style hairiness: glabrous
Style: free
Fruit shape: oblate
Fruit height (cm): 2 cm
Fruit diameter (cm): 3-3.5 cm
Pericarp: glabrous
Seed number per locule: 1, 2
Seed shape: semiorbicular, orbicular
Seed color: brown
Seed hairiness: glabrous, pubescent