Camellia gracilipes Merr. ex Sealy
Habit: shrub
Plant Height (m): 1.8-3 m
Distribution: China: Guangxi
Distribution: other countries: Vietnam
Young Branch: pubescent, tenuous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: midrib hairy
Leaf length (cm): 6-11 cm
Leaf width (cm): 1.4-2.8 cm
Leaf shape: narrowly lanceolate
Leaf margin: lower part entire
Leaf apex: acuminate, caudate
Leaf base: rounded, obtuse
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-7
Petiole length (mm): 2-4 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: axillary
Bract: present
Bract shape: foliaceous, lanceolate
Bract length (mm): 6.5 mm
Pedicel length (cm): 3-3.5 cm
Pedicel hairiness: glabrous
Bractlet number: 2
Bractlet: persistent
Bractlet position: upper part of the pedicel
Bractlet shape: ovate
Branchlet length (mm): 1 mm
Bractlet width (mm): 0.5 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous on both sides
Sepal number: 5
Sepal shape: semiorbicular
Sepal length (mm): 1.5-2.5 mm
Sepal width (mm): 2-4 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous on both sides, margin ciliated
Petal number: 7
Petal color: white
Petal shape: obovate, broadly obovate
Petal length (mm): 10-11 mm
Petal width (mm): 6-10 mm
Petal hairiness: glabrous inside, pubescent outside
Stamen length (mm): 6 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: the base of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: pubescent
Ovary shape: ovate
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal, stamens shorter than styles
Style length (mm): 7 mm
Style hairiness: pubescent at the lower part
Style: 3-parted to near the base
Fruit shape: ovate
Fruit height (cm): 2.5-3.5 cm
Fruit diameter (cm): 2-2.5 cm
Seed number per locule: 1
Seed shape: suborbicular
Seed color: brown
Seed hairiness: glabrous