Camellia taliensis (W. W. Sm.) Melch.
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 2-8 m
Elevation (m): 1300-2400 m
Distribution: China: Yunnan
Distribution: other countries: Burma
Young Branch: glabrous
Terminal bud hairiness: glabrous, puberulous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous
Leaf length (cm): 8.5-15 cm
Leaf width (cm): 3-3.5 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic
Leaf margin: serrulate, undulately serrate
Leaf apex: acuminate, acute, obtusely pointed
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 7-8
Petiole length (mm): 5-10 mm
Petiole: glabrous
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary
Flower diameter (cm): 5 cm
Pedicel length (cm): 1 cm
Pedicel hairiness: glabrous
Bractlet number: 2-4
Bractlet: early deciduous
Sepal: leathery, persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: ovate
Sepal length (mm): 3-4 mm
Sepal width (mm): 4-6 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside, margin ciliated, sericeous inside
Petal number: 7-10
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, broadly obovate
Petal apex: round
Petal length (mm): 15-35 mm
Petal width (mm): 10-20 mm
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 20 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary locus: 5-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style length (mm): 20 mm
Style hairiness: glabrous, pubescent at the lower part
Style: 5-cleft, 5-parted to the middle
Fruit shape: oblate
Fruit height (cm): 3 cm
Fruit diameter (cm): 5 cm
Seed number per locule: 2
Seed shape: semiorbicular
Seed color: brown