Camellia japonica var. rusticana (Honda) Ming
Habit: shrub, tree
Plant Height (m): 1.5-11 m
Distribution: China: Zhejiang
Distribution: other countries: Japan
Young Branch: glabrous
Leaf upper surface: glabrous
Leaf texture: leathery
Leaf lower surface: glabrous, glandular
Leaf length (cm): 5-12 cm
Leaf width (cm): 2.5-7 cm
Leaf shape: oblong-elliptic, elliptic, broadly ovate
Leaf margin: serrulate
Leaf apex: acuminate, obtusely pointed
Leaf base: broadly-cuneate, cuneate
Lateral vein: pairs: 6-9
Petiole length (mm): 5 mm
Petiole: pubescent
Flower: solitary, 2-5 flowers clustered
Flower position: subterminal
Pedicel: absent
Bractlet number: 9-13
Bractlet: deciduous after anthesis
Bractlet shape: orbicular, ovate, semiorbicular
Branchlet length (mm): 2-20 mm
Bractlet hairiness: glabrous outside
Sepal: deciduous after anthesis
Sepal number: 9-13
Sepal shape: orbicular, ovate
Sepal length (mm): 2-20 mm
Sepal hairiness: glabrous outside
Petal number: 5-7
Petal color: red
Petal shape: obovate, broadly obovate
Petal apex: retuse, round
Petal length (mm): 30-45 mm
Petal: basally slightly connate
Stamen length (mm): 25-35 mm
Filaments hairiness: glabrous
Filaments: lower half of outer filaments connate, not forming a tube
Ovary: glabrous
Ovary shape: ovate
Ovary locus: 3-locular
Relative length of stamens and styles: equal
Style hairiness: glabrous
Style: 3-cleft
Fruit shape: orbicular
Fruit diameter (cm): 3-4 cm
Seed number per locule: 1, 2, 3 or more
Seed shape: semiorbicular, orbicular
Seed color: brown
Seed hairiness: glabrous