Camellia connata (Craib) Craib
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 2-10 m
Elevation (m): 800-2000 m
Distribution: other countries: Thailand
Young Branch: hirsute
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 6-9 cm
Leaf width (cm): 2.5-4 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, oblong
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acuminate, acute
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Petiole length (mm): 4-7 mm
Petiole: hirsute
Flower: solitary
Flower position: axillary, subterminal
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 5-6
Bractlet shape: lunate, semiorbicular
Branchlet length (mm): 1-3 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous outside, pubescent on both sides, sericeous on both sides
Sepal: persistent
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: suborbicular
Sepal length (mm): 4-5.5 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside, margin ciliated, pubescent on both sides
Petal number: 5
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, broadly elliptic
Petal length (mm): 8-13 mm
Stamen length (mm): 8-12 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: outer filaments completely connate into a long fleshy tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Style length (mm): 1-2 mm
Style hairiness: glabrous, pubescent at the lower part
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: suborbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 3 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: brown