Camellia furfuracea (Merr.) Cohen-stuart

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Theaceae > Camellia

Characteristics

Shrubs or trees, 2-7 m tall. Year-old branchlets grayish yellow to grayish brown; current year branchlets stout, glabrous. Petiole 5-10 mm, thick, glabrous, adaxially canaliculate; leaf blade elliptic-ovate, elliptic, oblong-elliptic, or oblong, 8-15 × 3-5.5 cm, leathery to thickly leathery, abaxially pale green and brown glandular punctate, adaxially dark green and shiny, both surfaces glabrous, midvein and secondary veins abaxially raised and adaxially slightly impressed or raised, reticulate veins adaxially obscure or raised, base cuneate, broadly cuneate, rounded, or slightly cordate, margin serrulate to undulate-denticulate, apex acuminate, shortly acuminate, or falcately acuminate. Flowers axillary or subterminal, solitary or paired, 2-3.5 cm in diam., subsessile. Bracteoles and sepals 9 or 10, lunate, semiorbicular, or orbicular, 2-10 mm, leathery, outside yellow tomentose in median part, inside glabrous, margin membranous and ciliolate. Petals 7-10, white, obovate, 1.5-2 × 1-1.5 cm, basally connate for 2-4 mm, apex rounded. Stamens ca. 1.5 cm; filaments glabrous; outer filament whorl basally connate for 4-6 mm. Ovary tomentose, 3-loculed; styles 3, distinct, ca. 1.3 cm, densely pubescent. Capsule globose to oblate, 2-4 cm in diam., 3-loculed with 2-5 seeds per locule; pericarp 2-4 mm thick when dry, furfuraceous, splitting into 3 valves; columella persistent. Seeds dark brown, semiglobose, 1.1-1.8 cm in diam. Fl. Nov-Dec, fr. Sep-Oct. 2n = 30.
Life form perennial
Growth form
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination entomogamy
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Mature height (meter) 3.5
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Environment

Forests, forests along streams; at elevations from 100-1,000 metres.
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Forests, forests along streams; at elevations from 100-1,000 metres.
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Hardiness (USDA) 7-12

Usage

Uses medicinal oil
Edible seeds
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Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings. Seeds needs soaking.
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Distribution

Camellia furfuracea world distribution map, present in China, Lao People's Democratic Republic, and Viet Nam

Conservation status

Camellia furfuracea threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:829907-1
WFO ID wfo-0000582353
COL ID Q9HW
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Synonyms

Camellia bolovenensis Camellia furfuracea Camellia oblata Camellia polypetala Camellia pubisepala Thea bolovenensis Camellia parafurfuracea Thea furfuracea Theopsis furfuracea Camellia suaveolens Camellia furfuracea var. lutea Camellia furfuracea var. furfuracea

Lower taxons

Camellia furfuracea var. latipetiolata Camellia furfuracea var. shanglinensis