落瓣油茶(原变种) luo ban you cha (yuan bian zhong)

Camellia keina Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don; C. lutescens Dyer; C. mastersii Griffith; C. simplicifolia Griffith; C. symplocifolia Griffith; Thea bachmaensis Gagnepain; T. brachystemon Gagnepain; T. sasanqua (Thunberg) Cels var. kissii (Wallich) Pierre; Theopsis euonymifolia Hu.

Leaf blade oblong, oblong-elliptic, or elliptic, 5-7 × 1.5-3.5 cm. Petals 8-15 × 6-8 mm. Stamens 6-10 mm. Capsule usually 1-loculed. Fl. Nov-Dec, fr. Sep.

Forests, thickets; 300-2000(-3100) m. Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan [Bhutan, Cambodia, NE India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam].